Simone Weil: The Way of Justice as Compassion

By Richard H. Bell

Book Overview

Richard H. Bell analyzes the social and political thought of Simone Weil, paying particular attention to Weil's concept of justice as compassion. Bell describes the ways in which Weil's concept of justice stands in contrast with liberal 'rights-based' views of justice, and focuses upon central aspects of her thought, including 'attention, ' human suffering and 'affliction, ' and the importance of 'a spiritual way of life' in reshaping the individual's role in civic life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847690792
• ISBN13: 9780847690794
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 0.9" x 9.3"