The Bloomsbury Handbook of Simone Weil

Herausgeber: McCullough, Lissa

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first reference work on the philosophical writings of Simone Weil covering key influences, terms, and themes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 174mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 753g
• ISBN-13: 9781350341623
• ISBN-10: 1350341622
• Artikelnr.: 68043880

Autorenporträt

Lissa McCullough is Lecturer in Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at California State University Dominguez Hills, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

How to Use this Handbook
I. Weil in Context
a. Essential Biography, Lissa McCullough (California State University
Dominguez Hills, USA)
b. Historical-political Context, Lissa McCullough (California State
University Dominguez Hills, USA)
c. Weil as Activist, Educator, Philosopher, Political Thinker, Religious
Thinker, Literary Writer, Hermeneut, Lissa McCullough (California State
University Dominguez Hills, USA)
d. Strategies for Reading Weil's Writings, Lissa McCullough (California
State University Dominguez Hills, USA)
II. Key Philosophers
Alain - Simone Kotva (University of Cambridge, UK)
Descartes - Paul Clavier (University of Lorraine, France)
Eckhart - Martin Andic (University of Massachusetts, USA)
John of the Cross - Carmen Herrando (Universidad San Jorge, Spain)
Kant - Eric O. Springsted (Centre of Theological Inquiry, USA)
La Boétie - Patrice Rolland (University of Paris XII, France)
Marx - Robert Chenavier (Association pour l'Etude de la Pensée de Simone
Weil, France)
Nietzsche - Federica Negri (Istituto Universitario Salesiano di Venezia,
Italy)
Pascal - Carmen Herrando (Universidad San Jorge, Spain)
Plato - Palle Yourgrau (Brandeis University, USA)
Rousseau -Robert Chenavier (Association pour l'Etude de la Pensée de Simone
Weil, France)
Spinoza - Alain Goldschläger (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
The Stoics - Fernando Rey Puente (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais,
Brazil)
III. Key Terms
Affliction - Robert Reed (Boston College, USA)
Amor Fati - Martin Andic (University of Massachusetts, USA)
Atheism - Palle Yourgrau (Brandeis University, USA)
Attention - Vance G. Morgan (Providence College, USA)
Beauty - Marie Cabaud Meaney (International Theological Institute, Austria)
Body and Matter - Lissa McCullough (California State University Dominguez
Hills, USA)
Compassion - Sarwar Ahmed Abdullah (York University, Canada)
Consent - Eric O. Springsted (Centre of Theological Inquiry, USA)
Contradiction - Tomeu Estelrich Barcelo (Boston College, USA)
Decreation - Kathryn Lawson (Queen's University, Canada)
Detachment - Stephen J. Plant (University of Cambridge, UK)
Evil - Sarah K. Pinnock (Trinity University, USA)
Force - E. Jane Doering (University of Notre Dame, USA)
God - Lissa McCullough (California State University Dominguez Hills, USA)
Gravity and Grace - Emmanuel Gabellieri (Université Catholique de Lyon,
France)
Great Beast - Scott B. Ritner (University of Colorado, USA)
Imagination and Illusion - Fernando Rey Puente (Universidade Federal de
Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Impersonality - Benjamim Brum (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil)
Justice - Lawrence E. Schmidt (University of Toronto, Canada)
Labor - Robert Chenavier (Association pour l'Etude de la Pensée de Simone
Weil, France)
Liberty - Alejandro del Río Herrmann (Universidad de Valencia, Spain)
Literature - Silvia Caprioglio Panizza (University of Pardubice, Czech
Republic) and Philip Wilson (University of East Anglia, UK)
Mathematics - Olivier Rey (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
Method - Simone Kotva (University of Cambridge, UK)
Money - Paul Clavier (University of Lorraine, France)
Necessity and the Good - Sarwar Ahmed Abdullah (York University, Canada)
Obedience - Julie Daigle (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Oppression - Benjamin P. Davis (University of Toronto, Canada)
Order of the World - Vance G. Morgan (Providence College, USA)
Power - Alejandro del Río Herrmann (Universidad de Valencia, Spain)
Reading - Lucian Stone (University of North Dakota, USA)
Roots and Uprootedness - Scott B. Ritner (University of Colorado, USA)
Science - Joseph K. Cosgrove (Providence College, USA)
Sexuality - Martin Andic (University of Massachusetts, USA)
Supernatural - Mario von der Ruhr (Swansea University, UK)
Void - A. Rebecca Rozelle-Stone (University of North Dakota, USA)
Waiting for God - Maria Clara Bingemer (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Women - Sophie Bourgault (University of Ottawa, Canada)
IV. A Bibliographic Guide
a. Weil's writings in French
b. Weil's writings in English
c. Critical literature on Weil
Index