Lissa McCullough is Lecturer in Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at California State University Dominguez Hills, USA.

• How to Use this HandbookI. Weil in Contexta. Essential Biography, Lissa McCullough (California State University Dominguez Hills, USA)b. Historical-political Context, Lissa McCullough (California State University Dominguez Hills, USA)c. Weil as Activist, Educator, Philosopher, Political Thinker, Religious Thinker, Literary Writer, Hermeneut, Lissa McCullough (California State University Dominguez Hills, USA)d. Strategies for Reading Weil’s Writings, Lissa McCullough (California State University Dominguez Hills, USA)II. Key PhilosophersAlain – Simone Kotva (University of Cambridge, UK)Descartes – Paul Clavier (University of Lorraine, France)Eckhart – Martin Andic (University of Massachusetts, USA)John of the Cross – Carmen Herrando (Universidad San Jorge, Spain) Kant – Eric O. Springsted (Centre of Theological Inquiry, USA)La Boétie – Patrice Rolland (University of Paris XII, France)Marx – Robert Chenavier (Association pour l’Etude de la Pensée de Simone Weil, France)Nietzsche – Federica Negri (Istituto Universitario Salesiano di Venezia, Italy)Pascal – Carmen Herrando (Universidad San Jorge, Spain)Plato – Palle Yourgrau (Brandeis University, USA)Rousseau –Robert Chenavier (Association pour l’Etude de la Pensée de Simone Weil, France)Spinoza – Alain Goldschläger (University of Western Ontario, Canada)The Stoics – Fernando Rey Puente (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil)III. Key Terms Affliction – Robert Reed (Boston College, USA)Amor Fati – Martin Andic (University of Massachusetts, USA)Atheism – Palle Yourgrau (Brandeis University, USA)Attention – Vance G. Morgan (Providence College, USA)Beauty – Marie Cabaud Meaney (International Theological Institute, Austria)Body and Matter – Lissa McCullough (California State University Dominguez Hills, USA)Compassion – Sarwar Ahmed Abdullah (York University, Canada)Consent – Eric O. Springsted (Centre of Theological Inquiry, USA)Contradiction – Tomeu Estelrich Barcelo (Boston College, USA)Decreation – Kathryn Lawson (Queen’s University, Canada)Detachment – Stephen J. Plant (University of Cambridge, UK)Evil – Sarah K. Pinnock (Trinity University, USA)Force – E. Jane Doering (University of Notre Dame, USA)God – Lissa McCullough (California State University Dominguez Hills, USA)Gravity and Grace – Emmanuel Gabellieri (Université Catholique de Lyon, France)Great Beast – Scott B. Ritner (University of Colorado, USA)Imagination and Illusion ­– Fernando Rey Puente (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil)Impersonality – Benjamim Brum (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)Justice – Lawrence E. Schmidt (University of Toronto, Canada)Labor – Robert Chenavier (Association pour l’Etude de la Pensée de Simone Weil, France)Liberty – Alejandro del Río Herrmann (Universidad de Valencia, Spain)Literature – Silvia Caprioglio Panizza (University of Pardubice, Czech Republic) and Philip Wilson (University of East Anglia, UK)Mathematics – Olivier Rey (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)Method – Simone Kotva (University of Cambridge, UK)Money – Paul Clavier (University of Lorraine, France)Necessity and the Good – Sarwar Ahmed Abdullah (York University, Canada)Obedience – Julie Daigle (University of Ottawa, Canada)Oppression – Benjamin P. Davis (University of Toronto, Canada)Order of the World – Vance G. Morgan (Providence College, USA)Power – Alejandro del Río Herrmann (Universidad de Valencia, Spain)Reading – Lucian Stone (University of North Dakota, USA)Roots and Uprootedness – Scott B. Ritner (University of Colorado, USA)Science – Joseph K. Cosgrove (Providence College, USA)Sexuality – Martin Andic (University of Massachusetts, USA)Supernatural – Mario von der Ruhr (Swansea University, UK)Void – A. Rebecca Rozelle-Stone (University of North Dakota, USA)Waiting for God – Maria Clara Bingemer (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)Women – Sophie Bourgault (University of Ottawa, Canada)IV. A Bibliographic Guidea. Weil's writings in Frenchb. Weil's writings in Englishc. Critical literature on WeilIndex

In this timely volume, Lissa McCullough brings together key figures in the study of Simone Weil to carefully weave together the myriad themes, ideas, and problems central to her philosophy. With entries ranging from St John of the Cross to Mathematics, it provides not only an overview of Weil's thought, but also an original intervention in Weil studies. This volume will be an important resource for the study of Simone Weil in the English language for years to come.