Personen og det hellige
“Når ytringsfrihed reduceres til propagandafrihed, er de eneste dele af den menneskelig ånd, som fortjener at udtrykke sig, ikke frie til at gøre det.” I essayet 'Personen og det hellige' skriver den franske filosof, mystiker, lærer og aktivist Simone Weil sig ind i et område, hvor etik og retsfilosofi bliver uskelnelige. Med glødende intensitet og utrolig klarhed spørger hun, hvorfor den etiske handling aldrig kan reduceres til et spørgsmål om rettigheder, og hvordan begrebet om den juridiske person paradoksalt sætter grænser for retfærdigheden. På denne måde formulerer hun det store spørgsmål for enhver politisk praksis, der vil forstå sig selv som retfærdig. Simone Weil levede fra 1909 til 1943, og hendes liv og skrifter minder os om, at politik må forstås som en praksis. Selv tog hun et års orlog som lærer for at arbejde på Renault-fabrikkerne, for bedre at kunne forstå, hvordan hårdt fysisk samlebåndsarbejde påvirker arbejdernes måde at tænke på. Det er dette kompromisløse
Simone Weil: Basic Writings
Simone Weil is one of the most profound and thought-provoking thinkers of the 20th century. A teacher, factory and farm labourer, a political activist at home and abroad, a loving friend, daughter and sister—all these manifest a life devoted to the good in its many forms. Her writings explore the good open to us and the various routes to it, spanning philosophy, politics, science and spirituality. While she saw her vocation primarily as a philosopher—examining questions concerning human faculties, action and thought, the limits of language and our need of mediation, suffering and beauty for contact with reality—her startlingly original thought is often obscured by her having been too readily categorized as a Christian mystic. Simone Weil: Basic Writings is an expertly edited anthology of Weil’s most important writings, presenting her philosophy as it relates to the architecture of human nature, politics, work, necessity, beauty, goodness and God. Working from the definitive French
The Notebooks of Simone Weil
Simone Weil (1909-1943) was a defining figure of the twentieth century; a philosopher, Christian, resistance fighter, anarchist, feminist, Labour activist and teacher. She was described by T. S. Eliot as 'a woman of genius, of a kind of genius akin to that of the saints', and by Albert Camus as 'the only great spirit of our time'. Originally published posthumously in two volumes, these newly reissued notebooks, are among the very few unedited personal writings of Weil's that still survive today. Containing her thoughts on art, love, science, God and the meaning of life, they give context and meaning to Weil's famous works, revealing an unique philosophy in development and offering a rare private glimpse of her singular personality.
Simone Weil: Basic Writings
Simone Weil is one of the most profound and thought-provoking thinkers of the 20th century. A teacher, factory and farm labourer, a political activist at home and abroad, a loving friend, daughter and sister—all these manifest a life devoted to the good in its many forms. Her writings explore the good open to us and the various routes to it, spanning philosophy, politics, science and spirituality. While she saw her vocation primarily as a philosopher—examining questions concerning human faculties, action and thought, the limits of language and our need of mediation, suffering and beauty for contact with reality—her startlingly original thought is often obscured by her having been too readily categorized as a Christian mystic. Simone Weil: Basic Writings is an expertly edited anthology of Weil’s most important writings, presenting her philosophy as it relates to the architecture of human nature, politics, work, necessity, beauty, goodness and God. Working from the definitive French
Lectures on Philosophy
Simone Weil's Leçons de Philosophie are derived from a course she taught at the lycée for girls at Roanne in 1933-4. Anne Reynaud-Guérithault was a pupil in the class; her notes are not a verbatim record but are a very full and, as far as one can ...
Die Verwurzelung
Die Verwurzelung
L'Espagnole
L'Espagnole
Awaiting God: A New Translation of Attente de Dieu and Lettre a Un Religieux
Awaiting God (218 pages) combines a fresh translation (by Weil scholar, Brad Jersak) of Simone Weil's 'Waiting for God' and 'Letter to a Priest' (Attente de Dieu and Lettre un Religieux) in one volume. These works are considered Weil's primary essays and letters. In addition, Simone Weil's niece has contributed an introductory article entitled, 'Simone Weil and the Rabbi's: Compassion and Tsedekah, ' which puts Weil's relationship with Jewish thought into perspective. She includes source material from the Rabbis that put Weil (however reluctantly) in line with rabbinical thought throughout her major themes.The book is the ideal English introduction to the works and thought of Simone Weil, including important preface material (by Jersak) on how to read her work, as well as her relationship to Roman Catholicism and Judaism. The book includes: Part 1 - Essays1. Reflections on the Right Use of School Studiesin View of the Love of God2. The Love of God and Affliction3. Forms of the
Power of Words
'There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good' The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the most courageous thinkers of the twentieth century. Here she ...
Intimations of Christianity Among the Ancient Greeks
Simone Weil (1909-1943) is one of the most brilliant and unorthodox religious and philosophical minds of the twentieth century. She was also a political activist, worked in the Renault car factory in France in the 1930s and fought briefly as an an...
On the Abolition of All Political Parties
On the Abolition of All Political Parties
Oppression and Liberty
The remarkable French thinker Simone Weil is one of the leading intellectual and spiritual figures of the twentieth century. A legendary essayist, political philosopher and member of the French resistance, her literary output belied her tragically...
Letter to a Priest
Letter to a Priest encapsulates the sharp wit and questioning nature of Simone Weil. Regarded by Susan Sontag as 'one of the most uncompromising and troubling witnesses to the modern travail of the spirit', Weil grips the moral imagination as few ...
Gravity and Grace
Gravity and Grace was the first ever publication by the remarkable thinker and activist, Simone Weil. In it Gustave Thibon, the farmer to whom she had entrusted her notebooks before her untimely death, compiled in one remarkable volume a compendiu...
Gravity and Grace
Simone Weil, the French philosopher, political activist, and religious mystic, was little known when she died young in 1943. Four years later the philosopher-farmer Gustave Thibon compiled La pesanteur et la grâce from the notebooks she left in hi...
On The Abolition of All Political Parties
An NYRB Classics Original Simone Weil--philosopher, activist, mystic--is one of the most uncompromising of modern spiritual masters. In 'On the Abolition of All Political Parties' she challenges the foundation of the modern liberal political order, making an argument that has particular resonance today, when the apathy and anger of the people and the self-serving partisanship of the political class present a threat to democracies all over the world. Dissecting the dynamic of power and propaganda caused by party spirit, the increasing disregard for truth in favor of opinion, and the consequent corruption of education, journalism, and art, Weil forcefully makes the case that a true politics can only begin where party spirit ends. This volume also includes an admiring portrait of Weil by the great poet Czeslaw Milosz and an essay about Weil's friendship with Albert Camus by the translator Simon Leys.
Love in the Void
Simone Weil, the great mystic and philosopher for our age, shows where anyone can find God. Why is it that Simone Weil, with her short, troubled life and confounding insights into faith and doubt, continues to speak to today's spiritual seekers? W...
First and Last Notebooks
First and Last Notebooks
Waiting for God
'You cannot get far in these essays without sensing yourself in the presence of a writer of immense intellectual power and fierce independence of mind.' - Janet Soskice, from the Introduction to the Routledge Classics edition Simone Weil (1909-194...
Letter to a Priest
Hailed by Albert Camus as 'the only great spirit of our times', Simone Weil was one of great essayists and activists of the twentieth century. Her writings on the nature of religious faith and spirituality have inspired many subsequent thinkers. W...
Förtryck Och Frihet
Förtryck och frihet, vars franska originalutgåva utkom postumt 1955, samlar ett antal av Simone Weils texter om sociala och politiska frågor. Texterna författades under 1900-talets mest dramatiska politiska skede, från 1933 till 1943. Läsaren av Weils obönhörligt klarsynta essäer kan knappast undvika att konstatera att de olyckligtvis inte har förlorat något av sin aktualitet. Detta gäller inte endast bokens övergripande ämne - förtryckets mekanism och natur - utan även de specifika former detta förtryck tar sig i våra samhällen. Simone Weil (1909-1943) var en fransk filosof, mystiker och politisk aktivist. Hon undervisade i filosofi, arbetade på fabriksgolvet och var aktiv i fackföreningsrörelsen. I spanska inbördeskriget anslöt hon sig till den anarkistiska Durruti-kolonnen. När nazisterna ockuperade Frankrike flydde hon till USA för att kort därefter återvända till Europa. Hon avled i tuberkulos i London blott 34 år gammal.
Oordnade Tankar Kring Guds Kärlek Och Andra Texter
Simone Weil (19091943) var en fransk filosof vars betydelse bara verkar öka med tiden. Då inte bara hennes filosofisk-litterära verk, utan också myten om henne som en kämpande intellektuell. Hon insåg tidigt nazismens faror och arbetade aktivt mot den, både filosofiskt och handgripligt genom motståndsrörelsen. Här återges några texter av Weil om människans relation till Gud. Flera har aldrig tidigare översatts till svenska. Måns Magntorn har såväl översatt som skrivit ett efterord.
Waiting for God
Emerging from the thought-provoking discussions and correspondence Simone Weil had with the Reverend Father Perrin, this classic collection of essays contains the renowned philosopher and social activist's most profound meditations on the relationship of human life to the realm of the transcendent. An enduring masterwork and 'one of the most neglected resources of our century' (Adrienne Rich), Waiting for God will continue to influence spiritual and political thought for centuries to come.
Att Slå Rot
Att Slå Rot [Bok / Häftad]
Need for Roots
Hailed by Andre Gide as the patron saint of all outsiders, Simone Weil's short life was ample testimony to her beliefs. In 1942 she fled France along with her family, going firstly to America. She then moved back to London in order to work with de...
Need for Roots
A new translation of Simone Weil's best-known work: a political, philosophical and spiritual treatise on what human life could be What do humans require to be truly nourished? Simone Weil, one of the foremost philosophers of the last century, envi...
Venice Saved
Towards the end of her life, the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil (1909-43) was working on a tragedy, Venice Saved. Appearing here in English for the first time, this play explores the realisation of Weil's own thoughts on tragedy. A figu...
War And The Iliad
War and the Iliad is a perfect introduction to the range of Homer's art as well as a provocative and rewarding demonstration of the links between literature, philosophy, and questions of life and death. Simone Weil's The Iliad, or the Poem of Force is one of her most celebrated works-an inspired analysis of Homer's epic that presents a nightmare vision of combat as a machine in which all humanity is lost. First published on the eve of war in 1939, the essay has often been read as a pacifist manifesto. Rachel Bespaloff was a French contemporary of Weil's whose work similarly explored the complex relations between literature, religion, and philosophy. She composed her own distinctive discussion of the Iliad in the midst of World War II-calling it 'her method of facing the war'-and, as Christopher Benfey argues in his introduction, the essay was very probably written in response to Weil. Bespaloff's account of the Iliad brings out Homer's novelistic approach to character and the
