Simone Weil

Simone Weil on Colonialism

An Ethic of the Other
Übersetzer: Little, J P

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Produktbeschreibung

Twentieth-century French philosopher Simone Weil's complete writings on colonialism are collected and translated into English in this volume.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 151mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9780742522831
• ISBN-10: 0742522830
• Artikelnr.: 21346892

Autorenporträt

J. P. Little, one of the world's most respected scholars of Simone Weil, is the author of Simone Weil: Waiting on Truth and numerous articles and conference presentations on Weil's life and work. She is lecturer in French (emerita) at St. Patrick's College, Dublin.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 3 Colonization Chapter 4 Letter to the
Indochinese Chapter 5 Morocco, or A Lesson in Theft Chapter 6 A Little
History Concerning Morocco Chapter 7 Blood is Flowing in Tunisia Chapter 8
Who Is Guilty of Anti-French Plots? Chapter 9 "These Throbbing Limbs of the
Fatherland..." Chapter 10 Draft: A Protest Chapter 11 Reflections on
Bouché's Lecture Chapter 12 Fragment: About the Colonial Regime Chapter 13
New Facts about the Colonial Problem in the French Empire Chapter 14
Fragment: After Munich Chapter 15 Letter to Jean Giraudoux Chapter 16
Letter to Dermenghem Chapter 17 About the Problems in the French Empire
Chapter 18 Treatment of Negro War-Prisoners from the French Army Chapter 19
The Colonial Question and the Destiny of the French People Chapter 20
[Extracts from L'Enracinement] Part 21 Appendix A: Louis Roubaud. Viet Nam:
the Indochinese tragedy Chapter 22 Goodnight N'Guyen! Chapter 23 Yen Bay
Vespers Chapter 24 Fifteen hundred silent men Chapter 25 On the sky road
Chapter 26 Wampoa school Chapter 27 "Limpid River" Chapter 28 The "Great
Teacher" Chapter 29 "Right and Virtue" Chapter 30 Viet-Nam! Viet-Nam!
Viet-Nam! (Cablegram of the execution) Chapter 31 Min Chen... The life of
the people Chapter 32 More on the life of the people Chapter 33 Indirect
taxes, salt tax, alcohol, opium Part 34 Appendix B: Albert Londres. Land of
Ebony Chapter 35 Loggers Chapter 36 The drama of the Congo-Océan Chapter 37
A few reflections after the journey Part 38 Appendix C: Felicien Challaye.
Memories of colonization Chapter 39 In French Indochina: first contact
Chapter 40 In the French Congo Chapter 41 In the French Congo: the
situation of the natives Chapter 42 In French Indochina: the situation of
the Annamites Chapter 43 Conclusion Part 44 Appendix D: Emile Dermenghem,
The North-African Crisis Part 45 Brief chronology Part 46 Bibliography