Deborah Casewell is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Chester, UK, and Co-Director of the Simone Weil Research Network UK. She is the author of Monotheism and Existentialism and Eberhard Jüngel and Existence. She has published in the areas of philosophy and culture, in particular on existentialism and religion, questions of ethics and self-formation in relation to asceticism.Christopher Thomas is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the co-founder of the AHRC-funded UK Simone Weil Research Network and has published widely on both Simone Weil and Benedict Spinoza. He is currently working on a monograph on the aesthetic philosophy of Simone Weil.

• Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Simone Weil for our Times? Deborah Casewell and Christopher Thomas Part 1: Contextualising Weil 1. Historical Context Christine Ann Evans 2. Biography Palle Yourgrau 3. Key Texts and Reception History Eric O. Springsted 4. Mystic, Activist, and Philosopher Deborah Casewell Part 2: Philosophical Sources 5. Plato Vance Morgan 6. Stoicism Warren Heiti 7. Kant Tully Rector 8. Alain (Émile Chartier) Simone Kotva 9. Marx Lawrence Blum 10. The Bhagavad-Gītā Nicolas Bommarito Part 3: Key Concepts 11. Necessity and Force Philip Goodchild 12. Beauty Christopher Thomas 13. Decreation Robert Reed 14. Attention Kathryn Lawson 15. Love Stuart Jesson 16. Affliction Eva Maria Düringer 17. God Maria Clara Bingemer 18. Labor and Work Inese Radzins 19. Metaxu Emmanuel Gabielleri (trans. Mark Sinclair, ed. Deborah Casewell) 20. The Body Cynthia R. Wallace Part 4: Politics and Society 21. Slavery Vincent Lloyd and Nathaniel Grimes 22. Rootedness Anna Rowlands 23. Justice, Human Rights and Obligations Christopher Hamilton 24. Colonialism, Anti-Fascism, and Force’s Many Faces Scott Ritner Part 5: Interactions with Religion 25. Catholicism Marie Cabaud Meaney 26. Judaism Anat Pick 27. Indic Thought Nicolas Bommarito 28. Asceticism Gavin Flood Part 6: Conversations 29. Weil and the Existentialists Deborah Casewell 30. Weil and Moral Philosophy Sylvia Caprioglio Panizza 31. Weil and Political Philosophy Kenneth Novis 32. Weil and Phenomenology Lissa McCullough 33. Weil and Literature Hugh Roberts 34. Weil and the Search for Truth Philip Wilson 35. Weil and Feminist Thought Sophie Bourgault 36. Weil and the Creative Arts Daisy LaFarge 37. Weil and Contemporary Concerns Victor Seidler Afterword: Simone Weil’s Path of Exile Benjamin P. Davis. Index

Deborah Casewell is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Chester, UK, and Co-Director of the Simone Weil Research Network UK. She is the author of Monotheism and Existentialism and Eberhard Jüngel and Existence. She has published in the areas of philosophy and culture, in particular on existentialism and religion, questions of ethics and self-formation in relation to asceticism.Christopher Thomas is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the co-founder of the AHRC-funded UK Simone Weil Research Network and has published widely on both Simone Weil and Benedict Spinoza. He is currently working on a monograph on the aesthetic philosophy of Simone Weil.

• Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Simone Weil for our Times? Deborah Casewell and Christopher Thomas Part 1: Contextualising Weil 1. Historical Context Christine Ann Evans 2. Biography Palle Yourgrau 3. Key Texts and Reception History Eric O. Springsted 4. Mystic, Activist, and Philosopher Deborah Casewell Part 2: Philosophical Sources 5. Plato Vance Morgan 6. Stoicism Warren Heiti 7. Kant Tully Rector 8. Alain (Émile Chartier) Simone Kotva 9. Marx Lawrence Blum 10. The Bhagavad-Gītā Nicolas Bommarito Part 3: Key Concepts 11. Necessity and Force Philip Goodchild 12. Beauty Christopher Thomas 13. Decreation Robert Reed 14. Attention Kathryn Lawson 15. Love Stuart Jesson 16. Affliction Eva Maria Düringer 17. God Maria Clara Bingemer 18. Labor and Work Inese Radzins 19. Metaxu Emmanuel Gabielleri (trans. Mark Sinclair, ed. Deborah Casewell) 20. The Body Cynthia R. Wallace Part 4: Politics and Society 21. Slavery Vincent Lloyd and Nathaniel Grimes 22. Rootedness Anna Rowlands 23. Justice, Human Rights and Obligations Christopher Hamilton 24. Colonialism, Anti-Fascism, and Force’s Many Faces Scott Ritner Part 5: Interactions with Religion 25. Catholicism Marie Cabaud Meaney 26. Judaism Anat Pick 27. Indic Thought Nicolas Bommarito 28. Asceticism Gavin Flood Part 6: Conversations 29. Weil and the Existentialists Deborah Casewell 30. Weil and Moral Philosophy Sylvia Caprioglio Panizza 31. Weil and Political Philosophy Kenneth Novis 32. Weil and Phenomenology Lissa McCullough 33. Weil and Literature Hugh Roberts 34. Weil and the Search for Truth Philip Wilson 35. Weil and Feminist Thought Sophie Bourgault 36. Weil and the Creative Arts Daisy LaFarge 37. Weil and Contemporary Concerns Victor Seidler Afterword: Simone Weil’s Path of Exile Benjamin P. Davis. Index

Deborah Casewell is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Chester, UK, and Co-Director of the Simone Weil Research Network UK. She is the author of Monotheism and Existentialism and Eberhard Jüngel and Existence. She has published in the areas of philosophy and culture, in particular on existentialism and religion, questions of ethics and self-formation in relation to asceticism.Christopher Thomas is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the co-founder of the AHRC-funded UK Simone Weil Research Network and has published widely on both Simone Weil and Benedict Spinoza. He is currently working on a monograph on the aesthetic philosophy of Simone Weil.

• Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Simone Weil for our Times? Deborah Casewell and Christopher Thomas Part 1: Contextualising Weil 1. Historical Context Christine Ann Evans 2. Biography Palle Yourgrau 3. Key Texts and Reception History Eric O. Springsted 4. Mystic, Activist, and Philosopher Deborah Casewell Part 2: Philosophical Sources 5. Plato Vance Morgan 6. Stoicism Warren Heiti 7. Kant Tully Rector 8. Alain (Émile Chartier) Simone Kotva 9. Marx Lawrence Blum 10. The Bhagavad-Gītā Nicolas Bommarito Part 3: Key Concepts 11. Necessity and Force Philip Goodchild 12. Beauty Christopher Thomas 13. Decreation Robert Reed 14. Attention Kathryn Lawson 15. Love Stuart Jesson 16. Affliction Eva Maria Düringer 17. God Maria Clara Bingemer 18. Labor and Work Inese Radzins 19. Metaxu Emmanuel Gabielleri (trans. Mark Sinclair, ed. Deborah Casewell) 20. The Body Cynthia R. Wallace Part 4: Politics and Society 21. Slavery Vincent Lloyd and Nathaniel Grimes 22. Rootedness Anna Rowlands 23. Justice, Human Rights and Obligations Christopher Hamilton 24. Colonialism, Anti-Fascism, and Force’s Many Faces Scott Ritner Part 5: Interactions with Religion 25. Catholicism Marie Cabaud Meaney 26. Judaism Anat Pick 27. Indic Thought Nicolas Bommarito 28. Asceticism Gavin Flood Part 6: Conversations 29. Weil and the Existentialists Deborah Casewell 30. Weil and Moral Philosophy Sylvia Caprioglio Panizza 31. Weil and Political Philosophy Kenneth Novis 32. Weil and Phenomenology Lissa McCullough 33. Weil and Literature Hugh Roberts 34. Weil and the Search for Truth Philip Wilson 35. Weil and Feminist Thought Sophie Bourgault 36. Weil and the Creative Arts Daisy LaFarge 37. Weil and Contemporary Concerns Victor Seidler Afterword: Simone Weil’s Path of Exile Benjamin P. Davis. Index