Friday, August 10, 2018

Clarice Lispector

Have located a couple of works comparing Weil and the famous Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector:

Magnante, Chiara. 2013. "La libertà e la forza. Un contrappunto fra Simone Weil e Clarice Lispector."  Cultura brasiliana. 2:138-153. https://sistemas.mre.gov.br/kitweb/datafiles/Roma/pt-br/file/Cultura_brasiliana_2.pdf


Magnante, Chiara 2012. "La banalità del trauma: Simone Weil e Clarice Lispector, la forza e la fame."  Tintas: Quaderni di Letterature Iberiche e Iberoamericane 2:223-240.  http://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/tintas/article/view/2788/2997

Friday, July 27, 2018

Grace

The 2016 issue of the journal SpazioFilosofico is focussed on the concept of grace and includes three articles on Weil:

http://www.spaziofilosofico.it/category/numero-17/

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

More works on Lacan and Weil

In  2013 post I noted this work which includes a discussion of Weil from a Lacanian perspective:

Fajnwaks, Fabian. 1998. "Simone Weil : un amour sans objet "  La Cause Freudienne 40:117-124.

Just identified a 2018 thesis on Weil and Lacan:

Miller, Christopher Peyton. 2018. "Falling to the Heights: Simone Weil's Metaxu, Attention and Decreation Through a Lacanian Lens." PhD Diss, Union Institute & University. https://search.proquest.com/docview/2057208351?pq-origsite=gscholar


Additionally I have also identified the following works on Weil and Lacan:

Delaruelle, Jacques. 2003. "Attention As Prayer: Simone Weil."  Literature and Aesthetics: The Journal of the Sydney Society of Literature and Aesthetics 13 (2):19-27.

De Kesel, Marc. 2013. "Misers or Lovers? : How a reflection on Christian mysticism caused a shift in Jacques Lacan’s object theory."  Continental Philosophy Review 46 (2):189-208. doi: 10.1007/s11007-013-9258-9.

De Kesel, Marc. 2018. "The Real of Ethics: On a Widespread Misconception." In Unconscious Incarnations: Pschoanalytic and Philosophical Perspectives on the Body, edited by Brian W. Becker, John Panteleimon Manoussakis and David M. Goodman, 82-83. London, UK: Routledge.

Robert, William. 2005. "Crossing: Simone Weil, Mystics, Politics." PhD Diss, Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Robert, William. 2005. "Decreation, or Saying Yes."  Epoché: The University of California Journal for the Study of Religion 23 (1):59-85. http://www.epoche.ucsb.edu/RobertSpring05.pdf

Reed, Robert Charles. 2013. "A Lacanian Ethics of Non-Personal Responsibility."  Pastoral Psychology 62 (4):515-531.

Friday, July 13, 2018

Paul Tillich

Just located a work by Nina Heinsohn on Tillich and Weil:

Heinsohn, Nina. 2013. "Vom Warten auf das Unverfugbare: Bemerkungen zu Korrespondenzen im Denken Simone Weils und Paul Tillichs."  Tillich-Preview 4:75-92.



I have one other work identified that is focussed on Tillich and Weil:


Askani, Hans-Christoph. 2002. ""Chaque religion est seule vraie" : Paul Tillich et Simone Weil sur la possibilité d'un dialogue interreligieux "  Laval théologique et philosophique 58 (1):77-87.

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Alice Rivaz

I have located two works by Valérie Cossy which discuss Weil's influence on Rivaz:

Cossy, Valérie. 2011. "Becoming an Old Woman: Feminism, Destiny and Freedom According to Alice Rivaz and Simone de Beauvoir."  Forum for Modern Language Studies 47 (2):222-233.

Cossy, Valérie. 2015. Alice Rivaz: Devenir romancière. Genève: Editions Suzanne Hurter.  See chapter 1 for section "Simone Weil" pp. 30-34

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Rougemont and Weil

Two theses have explored Denis de  Rougemont and Weil.   The first one in depth, the other one with a few references to Weil:

Nguyen, Minh Quang. "Une lecture de la modernité par le biais de l’amour et du politique chez Arendt, Weil et Rougemont." Diss, University of Ottawa, 2017. https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/35708https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/35708.

Dubreuil, Emmanuelle Hériard. " The Personalism of Denis de Rougemont: Spirituality and Politics in 1930s Europe."  Diss, St. John's College, 2005. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1810/262773/Dubreuil-2005-PhD.pdf?sequence=1https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1810/262773/Dubreuil-2005-PhD.pdf?sequence=1.


Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Contents for Cahiers Simone Weil

The Association pour l'Etude de la Societé  de Simone Weil has posted the contents for each issue  of Cahiers Simone Weil back to 2013:

http://www.simoneweil-association.com/category/les-cahiers-simone-weil/

René Guénon

I have located a few works on Weil and Guénon:

Accart, Xavier. "René Guénon et les milieux littéraires et intellectuels français de son temps (histoire d'une réception)" . PhD, Diss, Ecole pratique des hautes etudes. Section des Sciences religieuses, 2005.

Bisson, David. René Guénon: Une politique de l'esprit. Pierre-Guillaume de Roux, 2013.  See section "Le combat métaphysique de Simone Weil" pp. 295 - 307.

Reynaud, Patricia. "Mystique moderne et engagement social. Lecture croisée de Simone Weil, René Guénon et Pierre Bourdieu." Cahiers Simone Weil, vol. 26, no. 4, 2003, pp. 399-415.

Sourisse, Michel. "Simone Weil et René Guénon." Cahiers Simone Weil, vol. 20, no. 4, 1997, pp. 265-297.

Friday, May 4, 2018

Laszlo Nemeth and Weil

2014 Hungarian thesis by Miklós Szentpály entitled Hajótörések: Francia minták:  Németh László regényírói életművében contains a number of references to Weil including  section 4.1.6  "Kegyelem, ellengravitáció, Irgalom: Simone Weil" pages 189 -196

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Franz Kafka and Weil

The 2017 publication  Interbellum Literature: Writing in a Season of Nihilism  by Cor Hermans has a chapter entitled:  "Simone Weil and Franz Kafka: A Forceful Parallel"  on  pages 400-438.

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Weil as a Jewish intellectual

Makers of Jewish Modernity contains a chapter by Maud S. Mandel on Simone Weil:

Mandel, Maud S. "Simone Weil (1909-1943): A Jewish Thinker?" Makers of Jewish Modernity: Thinkers, Artists, Leaders and the World They Made. Eds. Picard, Jacques, et al. Princeton,NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016. 466-79

A search of the Simone Weil Bibliography for "Judaism" retrieves 59 works.



Monday, April 16, 2018

Bibliography updated with over 100 new records

Simone Weil Bibliography  (http://www.ucalgary.ca/simoneweil ) now contains 3,505 references to work on Weil published between 1995 and 2018.  I still have approximately  900 records I am working on!



Friday, April 13, 2018

Lecture Series on Mystics

University of Malta recently recorded a series of lectures on female mystics including Weil (https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/27283?show=full)

Friday, March 9, 2018

video of lecture by Teresa Fourcade Vila

Teresa Fourcade Vila presents a lecture in Catalan on Weil's influence on modern Europe. (February 2018)

Andre Devaux

Last July André Devaux passed away.  In his memory I am listing his works on Weil  that I have collected:

Devaux, A. (2001). Maurice Schumann et Simone Weil. Espoir, 128, 39-46.
Devaux, A. (2008). Lettura. Prospettiva Persona, 65-66.
Devaux, A.-A. (1998). Présence de Simone Weil dans la vie de Maurice Schumann. Cahiers Simone Weil, 21(3), 173-174.
Devaux, A.-A. (2007). L'amitié entre Simone Weil et les Thévenon. Cahiers Simone Weil, 30(4), 405-424.
Devaux, A.-A. (2009). Préface. In J.-M. Perrin (Ed.), Mon dialogue avec Simone Weil (pp. 7-15). Paris: Nouvelle Cité. (Reprinted from: Previously published in 1984).
Devaux, A. A. (1995). Etude critique: Simone Weil dans Question de. [Le Grand Passage, edited by François L'Yvonnet]. Cahiers Simone Weil, 18(2), 169-182.
Devaux, A. A. (1995). Présence de Descartes dans la vie et dans l'œuvre de Simone Weil. Cahiers Simone Weil, 18(1), 1-24.
Devaux, A. A. (1995). Un travail d'équipe au service de l'édition des oeuvres complètes de Simone Weil. Cahiers d'archeologie et d'histoire du Berry, 121, 41- 48.
Devaux, A. A. (1996). Simone Weil insegnante. Fuori e al di là della propria classe. Prospettiva Persona, 15, 42.
Devaux, A. A. (1997). Notre amie Anne... Cahiers Simone Weil, 20(2), 81-86.
Devaux, A. A. (1997). Simone Weil professeur au-delà de sa classe d'après ses lettres à d'anciennes élèves. Cahiers Simone Weil, 20(1), 27-47.
Devaux, A. A. (1998). A-Dieu, Alain Birou ! Cahiers Simone Weil, 21(4), 369-372.
Devaux, A. A. (1998). Simone Weil et la rencontre du Christ Communio: Revue Catholique Internationale, 23(5), 109-125.
Devaux, A. A. (1998). «Une certaine idée de la France » : Simone Weil et Charles de Gaulle. Cahiers Simone Weil, 21(4), 301-327.
Devaux, A. A. (1999). De Marseille à Ashford, le singulier compagnonnage de Simone Weil et Simone Deitz. Cahiers Simone Weil, 22(3), 315-320.
Devaux, A. A. (2000). Expérience de la contradiction et conditions de son dépassement chez Simone Weil In L.-J. Bord & D. Hamidovic (Eds.), De Jérusalem à Rome : mélanges offerts à Jean Riaud par ses amis, ses collègues et ses anciens élèves (pp. 251-258). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
Devaux, A. A. (2000). Le regard de Gabriel Marcel sur la vie et la pensée de Simone Weil. Cahiers Simone Weil, 23(3), 283-308.
Devaux, A. A. (2000). Naturaleza y Pappel de la Atención Según Simone Weil. Archipiélago: Cuadernos de Crítica de la Cultura(43).
Devaux, A. A. (2002). Gustave Thibon et Simone Weil une amitié sans complaisance et sans faille. Cahiers Simone Weil, 25(3), 236-254.
Devaux, A. A. (2002). Joseph-Marie Perrin (30 juillet 1905-13 avril 2002): fils de Saint Dominique et guide spirituel de Simone Weil. Cahiers Simone Weil, 25(3), 255-266.
Devaux, A. A. (2002). Vocation et liberté chez Simone Weil. In J.-F. Durand (Ed.), Dans la tradition de Péguy : hommage à Angelo Prontera (pp. 145-157). Montpellier: Centre d'étude du XXe siècle, Université Paul-Valéry  - Montpellier III.
Devaux, A. A. (2003). Raison et mystère chez Simone Weil. In M. Calle & E. Gruber (Eds.), Simone Weil , la passion de la raison (pp. 181-189). Paris: L'Harmattan.
Devaux, A. A. (2004). L'accueil fait à La Pesanteur et La Grâce dans les années 50, en France. Cahiers Simone Weil, 28(3), 195-218.
Devaux, A. A. (2004). Rachel Bespaloff et Simone Weil. Cahiers Simone Weil, 27(2), 155-156.
Devaux, A. A. (2007). Pour une approche du Prologue de Simone Weil In J. Riaud (Ed.), L'étranger dans la Bible et ses lectures (pp. 443-455). Paris: Cerf.
Devaux, A. A. (2009). Simone Weil, élève d'Alain, philosophe, ouvrière et mystique. Bulletin de l'association des mais de Musée Alain et de Mortagne(32), 34-48.
Devaux, A. A. (2009). Simone Weil: pour une « nouvelle civilisation ». In C. Delsol (Ed.), Simone Weil (pp. 665-670). Paris: Éditions du Cerf

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Open Access Publications on Weil

OpenAIRE  is an European initiative to increase discovery of open access  research.  Retrieves many interesting works on Weil including masters and doctoral theses.

Friday, January 19, 2018

Pamela Anderson is quoting Simone Weil

The  Forward blog Schmooze: Jewish  Pop Culture Fix  highlights  Anderson's quotes of Weil posted to Instagram

Apeiron October 2016 special issue on Weil

October 2016 issue of Apeiron is devoted to Weil:

http://www.apeironestudiosdefilosofia.com/numero-5

Entitled:  Simone Weil: Pensar con un acento Nuevo: Lecturas y textos,   it is edited by Emilia Bea and  Alejandro del Rio Herrmann. and contains 11 articles on Weil and 5 texts by her.