Decreation and the Ethical Bind : : Simone Weil and the Claim of the Other / / Yoon Sook Cha.
In Simone Weil's philosophical and literary work, obligation emerges at the conjuncture of competing claims: the other's self-affirmation and one's own dislocation; what one has and what one has to give; a demand that asks for too much and the extraordinary demand implied by asking no...
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| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note on Abbreviations and Translations Used
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The Vulnerability of Precious Things: "La Personne et le sacré"
- 2. Uncommon Measure: "L'Iliade ou le poème de la force"
- 3. Stillness and the Bond of Love: Venise sauvée
- 4. Unfinished Obligation: Venise sauvée and La Folie du jour
- 5. The Extravagant Demand of Asking Nothing: Destitution and Generosity in "Autobiographie spirituelle" and La Connaissance surnaturelle
- 6. Empty Petitions: The Last Letters of Simone Weil
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index