Simone Weil

Informationen zum Autor Palle Yourgrau is the Harry A. Wolfson Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. His books include A World Without Time: The Forgotten Legacy of Gödel And Einstein (2005). Klappentext This book is an engaging presentation of the life and work of the legendary French philosopher, political activist and mystic Simone Weil. Palle Yourgrau assesses Weil's controversial critique of Judaism, and her radical re-imagination of Christianity; and analyses how Weil's personal struggles influenced her mature philosophy. Zusammenfassung This book is an engaging presentation of the life and work of the legendary French philosopher, political activist and mystic Simone Weil. Palle Yourgrau assesses Weil's controversial critique of Judaism, and her radical re-imagination of Christianity; and analyses how Weil's personal struggles influenced her mature philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Palle Yourgrau, Yourgrau Palle
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2011
• EAN: 9781861897985
• ISBN: 978-1-86189-798-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Critical Lives; Critical Lives (Reaktion Books; Critical Lives
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; France, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers, Biography: general, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Western philosophy from c 1800, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -