Subversive Simone Weil - Robert Zaretsky

Known As The Patron Saint Of All Outsiders, Simone Weil (190943) Was One Of The Twentieth Centurys Most Remarkable Thinkers, A Philosopher Who Truly Lived By Her Political And Ethical Ideals. In A Short Life Framed By The Two World Wars, Weil Taught Philosophy To Lyce Students And Organized Union Workers, Fought Alongside Anarchists During The Spanish Civil War And Labored Alongside Workers On Assembly Lines, Joined The French Movement In London And Died In Despair Because She Was Not Sent To France To Help The Resistance. Though Weil Published Little During Her Life, After Her Death, Thanks Largely To The Efforts Of Albert Camus, Hundreds Of Pages Of Her Manuscripts Were Published To Critical And Popular Acclaim.