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Lawson, Kathryn and Livingstone, Joshua

Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil: Unprecedented Conversations - London Bloomsbury Academic 2024 - 234p

INTRODUCTION: UNPRECEDENTED CONVERSATIONS IN AN
UNPRECEDENTED TIME
Joshua Livingstone and Kathryn Lawson
Part I
POWER, VIOLENCE, AND THE ADVERSARIES OF FREEDOM
Chapter 1
ON POWER IN SIMONE WEIL AND HANNAH ARENDT: CONTRASTS
AND CORRELATIONS
Lissa McCullough
Chapter 2
TYRANNY WITHOUT A TYRANT: HANNAH ARENDT AND SIMONE
WEIL ON BUREAUCRACY
Marina Lademacher
Chapter 3
LIVING IN DARK TIMES: THE SEDUCTION OF TOTALITARIAN EVIL
Marie Cabaud Meaney
Chapter 4
POLITICAL VIOLENCE: A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
Rose A. Owen
Part II
SOCIETY, WORLD, AND THE NEED FOR POLITICAL ROOTS
Chapter 5
WE COME AND GO: THE WORLD IS HERE TO STAY-HANNAH
ARENDT AND THE WORLD AS COMMON
Elvira Roncalli
Chapter 6
AN ETHICS OF GOD'S GRACE TO BALANCE A POLITICS OF WORLDLY
AFFLICTION: A WEILIAN COMPANION TO RONCALLI ON ARENDT
Kathryn Lawson
Chapter 7
REROOTING "WE REFUGEES": CONSIDERATIONS ON CONDITIONS OF
DISPLACEMENT FROM HANNAH ARENDT AND SIMONE WEIL
Scott B. Ritner
Chapter 8
ATTENTION AS A CONTESTED ETHICAL AND POLITICAL
RESOURCE: SIMONE WEIL AND HANNAH ARENDT ON THE INNER
ORIGINS OF FREEDOM
Paolo Monti
Part III
ART, AESTHETICS, AND THE VULNERABILITIES OF
POLITICAL APPEARANCES
Chapter 9
PAYING ATTENTION TO AFFLICTION: HANNAH ARENDT AND
SIMONE WEIL ON TRAGIC STORYTELLING
Pascale Devette
Chapter 10
EMBODYING THE IN-BETWEEN: AN ARENDTIAN REFLECTION ON
SIMONE WELL'S VENICE SAVED
Thomas Sojer
Chapter 11
BEAUTY AS THE BEGINNING AND END OF JUSTICE: AESTHETIC
POLITICS IN HANNAH ARENDT AND SIMONE WEIL
Catherine Craig and Sara MacDonald
Chapter 12
ON THE POWER OF WORDS
Ian Rhoad
List of Contributors


ISBN: 9781350344464

Dewey Class. No.: N51 / L444