Simone Weil
- Duration:
- 43 minutes
- First broadcast:
- Thursday 15 November 2012
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the French philosopher and social activist Simone Weil. Born in Paris in 1909 into a wealthy, agnostic Jewish family, Weil was a precocious child and attended the prestigious Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, achieving the top marks in her... Show more
FURTHER READING
R. Bell (ed.), ‘Simone Weil’s Philosophy of Culture’ (CUP, 1993)
Francine du Plessix Gray, ‘Simone Weil’ (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001)
L. Finch, ‘Simone Weil and the Intellect of Grace’ (Continuum, 2001)
Sian Miles (ed.), ‘Simone Weil: An Anthology’ (Grove Press, 2000)
S. Petrement, ‘Simone Weil: A Life’ (Pantheon Books, 1976)
S. Plant, ‘The SPCK Introduction to Simone Weil’ (SPCK Publishing, 2007)
Mario von der Ruhr, ‘Simone Weil: An Apprenticeship in Attention’ (Continuum, 2006)
Simone Weil, ‘Waiting for God’ (Harper Perennials, 2009)
Simone Weil, ‘Gravity and Grace’ (Routledge Classics, 2002)
Simone Weil, ‘The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind’ (Routledge Classics, 2001)
Simone Weil, ‘War and the Iliad’ (New York Review Book Classics, 2007)
Simone Weil, ‘Notebooks’ (Routledge Classics, 2003)
Palle Yourgrau, ‘Simone Weil’ (Reaktion Books, 2011)
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