The Routledge Companion to Simone Weil

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-74334-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 522 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1030 g

Reihe: Routledge Philosophy Companions

The remarkable life and work of the French philosopher and activist Simone Weil has fascinated scholars from many disciplines, with no less than Albert Camus calling her the "only great spirit of our times". Although contemporaneous with the rise of existentialism and educated alongside contemporaries such as Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, the creative and restless nature of Weil's thought set her apart. Equally adept at thinking across politics, philosophy, theology, ethics, literature, and science, Weil stands distinct in the canon of twentieth-century Western thought as a highly unique and controversial figure.

The Routledge Companion to Simone Weil is an outstanding survey of her thought. Thirty-seven chapters by an international team of expert contributors are divided into six clear parts:

- Contextualising Weil

- Philosophical Sources

- Key Concepts

- Politics and Society

- Interactions with Religion

- Conversations

Within these sections key thinkers and topics central to Weil’s philosophy are addressed, including Plato, Kant, Marx, God, attention, love, beauty, labour and work, the body, slavery, rootedness, colonialism, fascism, Catholicism, Judaism, Indic thought, phenomenology, existentialism, feminism, literature, and many more.

The Routledge Companion to Simone Weil is an invaluable resource for anyone studying or researching Weil's thought, whether in philosophy and religious studies or related disciplines such as political theory, French literature, and Jewish studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Casewell, Deborah

Thomas, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors  Acknowledgements  Abbreviations  Introduction: Simone Weil for our Times? Deborah Casewell and Christopher Thomas  Part 1: Contextualising Weil  1. Historical Context Christine Ann Evans  2. Biography Palle Yourgrau  3. Key Texts and Reception History Eric O. Springsted  4. Mystic, Activist, and Philosopher Deborah Casewell  Part 2: Philosophical Sources  5. Plato Vance Morgan  6. Stoicism Warren Heiti  7. Kant Tully Rector  8. Alain (Émile Chartier) Simone Kotva  9. Marx Lawrence Blum  10. The Bhagavad-Gita Nicolas Bommarito  Part 3: Key Concepts  11. Necessity and Force Philip Goodchild  12. Beauty Christopher Thomas  13. Decreation Robert Reed  14. Attention Kathryn Lawson  15. Love Stuart Jesson  16. Affliction Eva Maria Düringer  17. God Maria Clara Bingemer  18. Labor and Work Inese Radzins  19. Metaxu Emmanuel Gabielleri (trans. Mark Sinclair, ed. Deborah Casewell)  20. The Body Cynthia R. Wallace  Part 4: Politics and Society  21. Slavery Vincent Lloyd and Nathaniel Grimes  22. Rootedness Anna Rowlands  23. Justice, Human Rights and Obligations Christopher Hamilton  24. Colonialism, Anti-Fascism, and Force’s Many Faces Scott Ritner  Part 5: Interactions with Religion  25. Catholicism Marie Cabaud Meaney  26. Judaism Anat Pick  27. Indic Thought Nicolas Bommarito  28. Asceticism Gavin Flood  Part 6: Conversations  29. Weil and the Existentialists Deborah Casewell  30. Weil and Moral Philosophy Sylvia Caprioglio Panizza  31. Weil and Political Philosophy Kenneth Novis  32. Weil and Phenomenology Lissa McCullough  33. Weil and Literature Hugh Roberts  34. Weil and the Search for Truth Philip Wilson  35. Weil and Feminist Thought Sophie Bourgault  36. Weil and the Creative Arts Daisy LaFarge  37. Weil and Contemporary Concerns Victor Seidler  Afterword: Simone Weil’s Path of Exile Benjamin P. Davis.  Index

Über Autor(innen)

Deborah Casewell is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Chester, UK, and Co-Director of the Simone Weil Research Network UK. She is the author of Monotheism and Existentialism and Eberhard Jüngel and Existence. She has published in the areas of philosophy and culture, in particular on existentialism and religion, questions of ethics and self-formation in relation to asceticism.

Christopher Thomas is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the co-founder of the AHRC-funded UK Simone Weil Research Network and has published widely on both Simone Weil and Benedict Spinoza. He is currently working on a monograph on the aesthetic philosophy of Simone Weil.