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Selected Essays | Siri Hustvedt on Simone Weil
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On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Siri Hustvedt joins us to discuss Simone Weil’s “Human Personality” and her own essay “Scapegoat,” which appears in her recent collection Mothers, Fathers, and Others (2021).
Chapters
1. Selected Essays | Siri Hustvedt on Simone Weil (00:00:00)
2. Who is Simone Weil (00:02:04)
3. Summarizing "Human Personality" (00:08:30)
4. The essay's opening passage (00:10:51)
5. The role of attention (00:17:46)
6. Reading Weil is a tonic (00:22:55)
7. Rights (00:27:41)
8. Weil's account of affliction (00:30:45)
9. Weil's masochism (00:34:22)
10. Embodiment (00:38:34)
11. Emotionally charged ideas (00:40:43)
12. Siri's essay "Scapegoat" (00:45:24)
13. Crossing intellectual borders (00:50:13)
31 episodes
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Manage episode 374323038 series 1827168
Content provided by The Point Magazine. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by The Point Magazine or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Siri Hustvedt joins us to discuss Simone Weil’s “Human Personality” and her own essay “Scapegoat,” which appears in her recent collection Mothers, Fathers, and Others (2021).
Chapters
1. Selected Essays | Siri Hustvedt on Simone Weil (00:00:00)
2. Who is Simone Weil (00:02:04)
3. Summarizing "Human Personality" (00:08:30)
4. The essay's opening passage (00:10:51)
5. The role of attention (00:17:46)
6. Reading Weil is a tonic (00:22:55)
7. Rights (00:27:41)
8. Weil's account of affliction (00:30:45)
9. Weil's masochism (00:34:22)
10. Embodiment (00:38:34)
11. Emotionally charged ideas (00:40:43)
12. Siri's essay "Scapegoat" (00:45:24)
13. Crossing intellectual borders (00:50:13)
31 episodes
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