Decreation and the ethical bind : Simone Weil and the claim of the other /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cha, Yoon Sook
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Weil, Simone, > 1909-1943.
Weil, Simone, > 1909-1943
Ontology.
Ontologie.
ontology (metaphysics)
Ontology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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

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