Venice Saved
Appearing here in English for the first time, this play explores Weil's thoughts on tragedy. A figure of affliction, a central theme in Weil's religious metaphysics, the central character offers a unique insight into Weil's broader philosophical interest in truth and justice, and provides a fresh perspective on the wider conception of tragedy itself. Depicing a plot by a group of Spanish mercenaries to sack Venice in 1618, and the action of the play shows how it fails when one conspirator, Jaffier, betrays them to the Venetian authorities. The edition includes notes on the play and introductory material on the life of Weil, the genesis of the…
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Weitere Autoren: Panizza, Silvia (Lecturer in Philosophy at Anglia Ruskin University and Lecturer in Medical Ethics and Associate Tutor in Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, University of East Anglia Medical School, UK) (Übers.) / Wilson, Philip (Honorary Research Fellow, University of East Anglia) (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-350-04390-9
- EAN: 9781350043909
- Produktnummer: 27557335
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 144 S.
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B15.1 cm x D1.0 cm 166 g
- Gewicht: 166
- Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)
Über den Autor
Simone Weil was a French philosopher, mystic and activist. Silvia Panizza is Lecturer in Ethics at the Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK. Philip Wilson is Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK.
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