The Quagmire Episode 10: Simone Weil (w/ Dr. Christopher Thomas)
Channel: MMU PhilSoc
Date: 2020-12-03

Today we explore the life and philosophy of Simone Weil with two guests: Dr. Christopher Thomas, a lecturer of ours at MMU, and Paige Conquest, a senior member of the MMU PhilSoc committee. 

Dr. Thomas recently authored a paper on Weil entitled: 'Simone Weil: The Ethics of Affliction and the Aesthetics of Attention', which can be found here:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09672559.2020.1736127

The Philosophical Salon: ‘Silence is Violence’: Simone Weil on the Impossible Demands of Justice
http://thephilosophicalsalon.com/silence-is-violence-simone-weil-on-the-impossible-demands-of-justice/

Latest Publications:

C, Thomas (2020) ‘On Religious and Cultural Objects: Articulate and Inarticulate Bodies in Spinoza’s Philosophy of Nature’ in European Journal of Philosophy

C, Thomas (2020) ‘Simone Weil: The Ethics of Affliction and the Aesthetics of Attention’, in International Journal of Philosophical Studies

C, Thomas (2020) ‘Brancusi’s Golden Bird and Loy’s “Brancusi’s Golden Bird”: A Spinozist Encounter’ in Philosophy and Literature

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