2010, ISBN: 9780810127043

Translated from the French by Benjamin Ivry, Simone Weil was one of the twentieth century?s most original philosopher-critics, and as a result her legacy has been claimed by many. This me… Mehr…

Translated from the French by Benjamin Ivry, Simone Weil was one of the twentieth century?s most original philosopher-critics, and as a result her legacy has been claimed by many. This memoir by Weil?s niece is strong-willed and incisive and as close as we are likely to get to the real Simone Weil. Born into a freethinking Jewish family, Weil contributed many articles to Socialist and Communist journals and was active in the Spanish Civil until her health failed.?BR />In 1940 she became strongly attracted to Roman Catholicism and the Passion of Christ. Most of her works, published posthumously, continue to inform debates in ethics, philosophy, and spirituality surrounding questions of sacrifice, asceticism, and the virtues of manual labor. Massively influential, Weil?s writings were widely praised by such readers as Albert Camus, T. S. Eliot, Simone de Beauvoir, Pope John XXIII, Czeslaw Milosz, and Susan Sontag. Sylvie Weil recovers the deeply Jewish nature of Simone?s thinking and details how her preoccupations with charity and justice were fully in the tradition of tzedakah, the Jewish religious obligation tod these actions.Using previously unpublished family correspondence and conversations, Sylvie Weil offers a more authentically personal portrait of her aunt than previous biographers have provided. At Home with Andr? and Simone Weil illuminates Simone?s relationship to her family, especially to her brother, the great Princeton mathematician Andr? Weil. A clear-eyed and uncompromising memoir of her family, At Home with Andr? and Simone Weil is a fresh look at the noted French philosopher,mystic, and social activist. , Gut, Festpreisangebot, Format: Gebundene Ausgabe, Country of Origin: USA, United States, Gewicht: 372g, Manufacturer/Packer/Importer Details: ERGODE, Edition Description: First Edition, Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1, Publication Date: 2010, Dimensions (LxWxH) - Cms: 8.25X0.9X5.5, Language: English, ISBN-10: 0810127040, ISBN-13: 9780810127043, Publication Year: 2010, SKU: SONG0810127040, EAN: 9780810127043, Northwestern University Press, 2010<

2020, ISBN: 9780810127043

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Northwestern Univ Pr, 2020. Paperback. New. 180 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.55 inches., Northwestern Univ Pr, 2020, 6, Northwestern University Press, 2010-10-30. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.… Mehr…

Northwestern Univ Pr, 2020. Paperback. New. 180 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.55 inches., Northwestern Univ Pr, 2020, 6, Northwestern University Press, 2010-10-30. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x0x8. 2010 first edition thus, Northwestern University Press (Evanston, Illinois), 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches tall red cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, black lettering to spine, 180 pp. A near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked, seemingly unread - in a very good dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP37~ [1.5P] 'It is quite incorrect to believe that the dead are gone forever and never return to speak to the living. They return to speak to the living all the time; indeed, it is their main activity.' Thus writes Sylvie Weil in this illuminating memoir, in which contemporary readers can hear the voices of her famed philosopher aunt Simone and mathematician father Andre. Born into a freethinking Jewish family in France in 1909, Simone Weil was one of the twentieth century’s most original philosophers, influencing Albert Camus, T. S. Eliot, Simone de Beauvoir, Pope John XXIII, Czeslaw Milosz, and Susan Sontag. She fought for workers’ rights and, later, the Spanish Republican cause. Before her death at age thirty-four, Simone Weil turned increasingly to mysticism and religion, especially Roman Catholicism, exploring themes of sacrifice, asceticism, and the virtues of manual labor. She never converted, however, and Sylvie Weil writes from a Jewish perspective, emphasizing Simone’s Jewish heritage. Using previously unpublished family correspondence and conversations, Sylvie Weil paints the most vivid, private portrait of her aunt in print. The book illuminates Simone’s relationship with others, especially with her brother, Andre. Loving and unsparing, affectionate and incisive, At Home with Andre and Simone Weil is an insightful memoir about a family of intellectual luminaries., Northwestern University Press, 2010-10-30, 3<

2010, ISBN: 0810127040

Gebundene Ausgabe

[EAN: 9780810127043], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Northwestern University Press, Evanston], SIMONE WEIL.; ANDRE WEIL., Jacket, cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., no flaws or wear. clean… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780810127043], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Northwestern University Press, Evanston], SIMONE WEIL.; ANDRE WEIL., Jacket, cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. appears unused.; translated from the original french by benjamin ivry.; 180pp. the author is the daughter of andre weil and the niece of simone weil. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall First English Language Edition/First Pri., Books<

2010, ISBN: 9780810127043

Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2010. cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. appears unused.; translated from the original french by benjamin ivr… Mehr…

Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2010. cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. appears unused.; translated from the original french by benjamin ivry.; 180pp. the author is the daughter of andre weil and the niece of simone weil.. First English Language Edition/First Pri. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Northwestern University Press, 2010, 5<