Life in Letters

Informationen zum Autor Simone Weil (1909–1943) was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist, widely considered one of the most original thinkers of the twentieth century. Robert Chenavier is President of the Association for the Study of Simone Weil’s Thought and the author of four books, most recently Simone Weil, une Juive antisémite? André A. Devaux (1921–2017) was Professor of Philosophy at the Sorbonne (Paris IV). Klappentext The first complete English-language collection of Simone Weil's letters to her loved ones, A Life in Letters deepens appreciation of one of the twentieth century's great thinkers by offering insight into her relationships, spiritual and occupational experiments, political commitments, restless mobility, and wide-ranging interests. Zusammenfassung The first complete English-language collection of Simone Weil’s letters to her loved ones, A Life in Letters deepens appreciation of one of the twentieth century’s great thinkers by offering insight into her relationships, spiritual and occupational experiments, political commitments, restless mobility, and wide-ranging interests.

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• Authors: Robert Chenavier, Marie-Noel Chenavier-Jullien, Andre A. Devaux, Annette Devaux, Nicholas Elliott, Olivier Rey, Simone Weil
• Assisted by: Robert Chenavier (Editor), Chenavier Robert (Editor), Andre A. Devaux (Editor), André A. Devaux (Editor), Nicholas Elliott (Translation), Elliott Nicholas (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.09.2024
• EAN: 9780674292376
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29237-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; France, Diaries, letters & journals, English, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, RELIGION / Mysticism, mysticism, Second World War, Literature: history & criticism, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Far-left political ideologies and movements, Diaries, letters and journals, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Literature: history and criticism, Marxism & Communism, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater