Simone Weil: an anthology

by Weil, Simone

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Title Statements

Full title :Simone Weil : an anthology / edited and introduced by Siân Miles.

Summary

"Simone Weil was one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century: a philosopher, theologian, critic, sociologist and political activist. This anthology spans the wide range of her thought, and includes an extract from her best-known work 'The Need for Roots', exploring the ways in which modern society fails the human soul; her thoughts on the misuse of language by those in power; and the essay 'Human Personality', a late, beautiful reflection on the rights and responsibilities of every individual. All are marked by the unique combination of literary eloquence and moral acuity that characterized Weil's ideas and inspired a generation of thinkers and writers both in and outside her native France." --From publisher description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2005.
Edition:[New ed.]

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Penguin
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2005.

Notes

Previous edition: London : Virago Press, 1986.

The Physical Object

Description:xviii, 312 pages ; : 20 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0141188197, 9780141188195
oclc:ocm61440428
LC Classification:B2430.W474
Dewey Decimal:194

Foreword to the Penguin edition -- Preface to the Virago edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Human personality -- The self -- The needs of the soul -- The great beast -- Analysis of oppression -- The mysticism of work -- The Iliad or The poem of force -- Void and compensation -- Draft for a statement of human obligations -- Attention and will -- The power of words -- Contradiction -- Prerequisite to dignity of labour -- Detachment -- Friendship -- Love -- Chance -- Bibliography -- Index.