Some lessons from Simone Weil

In these times of confusion and war, and in which the world seems to be heading towards the abyss, it is tempting to seek some enlightenment in those figures who have radically approached the fragility of the human being. One of them is Simone Weil. Albert Camus said of one of his works, Reflections on the Causes of Freedom and Social Oppression (1934): “From Marx, political and social thought had not produced in the West anything more penetrati…

I will return to talk to you about two themes already addressed, also on these columns: the greatness of the thought of Simone Weil and the Rosen festival. I will always be grateful to Silvia Pegah Scaglione, and to her charisma of tireless cultural agitator, for having introduced me to this project, coordinated by Alessia D'Errigo, Angela Botta and Giulia Pomarici. After Alessia Pellegrino, Kea Tonetti and Marzia Ercolani, on May 10 and 11 ther…