Simone Weil: Mystic of Passion and Compassion

by Maria Clara Bingemer

The present book reflects on the life, work, and legacy of an exceptional and enigmatic woman: the philosopher and French Jewish mystic Simone Weil. It constitutes a testimony so unique that it is impossible to ignore. In a Europe where authoritarian regimes were dominant and heading, in a sinister manner, toward WWII, this woman of fragile health but indomitable spirit denounced the contradictions of the capitalist system, the brutality of Nazism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071889426X
• ISBN13: 9780718894269
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Lutterworth Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"