Simone Weil

Author: Palle Yourgrau & Simone Weil

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Price : $29.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781861897985
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Imprint : Reaktion Books
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Publication date : 01 February 2011
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 32.95
Availability date : 01 March 2011
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Author : Palle Yourgrau & Simone Weil
Series : Critical Lives
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Dewey classification : 194
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Pages : 208
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Illustrations : 22 black & white illustrations
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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.

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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 G f6;del and Einstein (2005).

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