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Informationen zum Autor Kathryn Lawson is a Researcher at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada. She contributes to the online archive project on Simone Weil, Attention , and is the author of several book chapters on continental philosophy, religion and Arendt and Weil. Joshua Livingstone is a Researcher at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He is author of a forthcoming book chapter on Hannah Arendt. Klappentext Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil were two of the most compelling political thinkers of the 20th century who, despite having similar life-experiences, developed radically distinct political philosophies. This unique dialogue between the writings of Arendt and Weil highlights Arendt's secular humanism, her emphasis on heroic action, and her rejection of the moral approach to politics, contrasted starkly with Weil's religious approach, her faith in the power of divine Goodness, and her other-centric ethic of suffering and affliction. The writings here respect the profound differences between Arendt and Weil whilst pulling out the shared preoccupations of power, violence, freedom, resistance, responsibility, attention, aesthetics, and vulnerability. Without shying away from exploring the more difficult concepts in these philosophers' works, Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil also aims to pull out the relevance of their writings for contemporary issues. Vorwort Brings refreshing new insights to Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil's philosophies and their continued relevance in dialogue to contemporary political concerns. Zusammenfassung Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil were two of the most compelling political thinkers of the 20th century who, despite having similar life-experiences, developed radically distinct political philosophies. This unique dialogue between the writings of Arendt and Weil highlights Arendt’s secular humanism, her emphasis on heroic action, and her rejection of the moral approach to politics, contrasted starkly with Weil’s religious approach, her faith in the power of divine Goodness, and her other-centric ethic of suffering and affliction. The writings here respect the profound differences between Arendt and Weil whilst pulling out the shared preoccupations of power, violence, freedom, resistance, responsibility, attention, aesthetics, and vulnerability. Without shying away from exploring the more difficult concepts in these philosophers' works, Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil also aims to pull out the relevance of their writings for contemporary issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword List of FiguresList of Abbreviations Introduction: Unprecedented Conversations in an Unprecedented Time Part I: Power, Violence and the Adversaries of Freedom 1. On Power in Simone Weil and Hannah Arendt: Contrasts and Correlations, Lissa McCullough (California State University, USA) 2. Tyranny Without a Tyrant: Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil on Bureaucracy, Marina Lademacher (University of Sussex, UK) 3. Living in Dark Times: The Seduction of Totalitarian Evil, Maria Cabaud Meaney (Independent Scholar) 4. Political Violence: A Contradiction in Terms, Rose A. Owen (University of Chicago, USA) Part II: Political Evil and Resistance 5. We Come and Go, the World is Here to Stay: Hannah Arendt’s Political Thought in Action, Elvira Roncalli (Carroll College, USA) 6. An Ethics of God’s Grace to Balance a Politics of Worldly Affliction: A Weilian Companion to Roncalli on Arendt, Kathryn Lawson (Carleton University, Canada) 7. Rerooting “We Refugees”: Considerations on Conditions of Displacement from Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil, Scott B. Ritner (Colorado University, USA) 8. Attention as a Contested Ethical and Political Resource: Simone Weil and Hannah Arendt on the Inner Origins of Freedom, Paolo Monti (Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Italy) ...
