Men and Things
Janiaud, Joël
Men and Things - 2009.
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This article focuses on dehumanization in the writings of Simone Weil. She triesto explain why people are easily stripped of their humanity and treated like materialobjects. In the article a comparison is drawn between her analysis of dehumanization andEmmanuel Levinas’ phenomenology of ethics. The emphasis is put on the importance ofattention in ethics and on Weil’s complex and ambiguous conception of the individual asa personal and impersonal entity.
Men and Things - 2009.
11
This article focuses on dehumanization in the writings of Simone Weil. She triesto explain why people are easily stripped of their humanity and treated like materialobjects. In the article a comparison is drawn between her analysis of dehumanization andEmmanuel Levinas’ phenomenology of ethics. The emphasis is put on the importance ofattention in ethics and on Weil’s complex and ambiguous conception of the individual asa personal and impersonal entity.
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