Simone Weil on Colonialism: An Ethic of the Other by Weil, Simone

Simone Weil on Colonialism: An Ethic of the Other (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780742522831)

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Simone Weil on Colonialism: An Ethic of the Other by Weil, Simone

Simone Weil on Colonialism: An Ethic of the Other

$62.00
Simone Weil on Colonialism: An Ethic of the Other by Weil, Simone

Simone Weil on Colonialism: An Ethic of the Other

$62.00
Format: Paperback
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In 1931, Simone Weil read an article by Louis Roubaud in the Petit Parisien that exposed the Yen Bay massacre in Indochina. That article opened Weil's eyes, and from then until her death in exile in 1943, she cared most deeply about the French colonial situation. Weil refused to accept the contradiction between the image of France as champion of the rights of man and the reality of France's exploitation and oppression of the peoples in its territories. Weil wrote thirteen articles or letters about the situation, writings originally published in French journals or in French collections of her work. J. P. Little's fluid and clear translations finally introduce to English-speaking scholars and students this important element of Weil's political consciousness.

Author: Simone Weil
ISBN-10: 0742522830
ISBN-13: 9780742522831
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 06/24/2003
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 9.14h x 5.96w x 0.56d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2004 pg. 1362
By Simone Weil
By Simone Weil
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J. P. Little, one of the world's most respected scholars of Simone Weil, is the author of Simone Weil: Waiting on Truth and numerous articles and conference presentations on Weil's life and work. She is lecturer in French (emerita) at St. Patrick's College, Dublin.

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