Rozelle-Stone (Univ. of North Dakota) set out to address a gap in the scholarship regarding Simone Weil (1909–43), and she succeeds admirably. The work of both well-known scholars and rising stars, the 12 essays in this remarkable volume consider Weil’s thought alongside Continental philosophy. Readers will appreciate the ways in which Weil is put in conversation with some of the 20th-century’s key thinkers—Blanchot, Agamben, Merlau-Ponty, et al. Interest in Weil’s thought has increased in recent years, and this volume will be warmly welcomed not only by Weil scholars but also by those interested in Continental philosophy, philosophy of religion, political theory, ethics, and religious studies.

Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.

Choice Reviews

For the first time in English, here is a commentary which, like Maurice Blanchot’s, refuses the consolation of hagiography and reads Weil as she read her contemporaries: with the unforgiving ‘indifference to ideas’ which is the true sign of fidelity.

Simone Kotva, Research Fellow and Affiliated Lecturer, University of Cambridge

This volume does much more than place Weil in conversation with prominent ‘continental philosophers’. Thanks to Rozelle-Stone’s superb framing of the task, each author offers a timely intervention that tests the limits and possibilities of Weil’s complex thought. Students of Weil will certainly benefit, but so will (future) students of philosophy wherever their starting point.

Ian Clausen, Arthur J. Ennis Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities, Villanova University

Rozelle-Stone is a gifted Weil scholar who has put together a beautiful collection of essays linking Simone Weil to several generations of continental philosophers. The volume’s contributors share a deep familiarity with thinkers and movements that belong in any serious conversation about Weil. They remedy a neglected area of scholarship and draw productive contrasts between Weil and her continental counterparts.

Ann Pirruccello, Professor of Philosophy at The University of San Diego