Simone Weil Research Network United Kingdom

英国西蒙娜·韦尔研究网络

• 批准号: AH/W000083/1
• 负责人: Christopher Thomas
• 金额: $ 4.61万
• 依托单位: Manchester Metropolitan University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW000083%2F1
• 关键词: Simone; Weil; Research; Network; United

Philosopher, mystic, activist, and enigma - the life and work of Simone Weil defies easy description and categorization. The range and depth of her interests and analysis has in recent years attracted attention for both its longevity and freshness in relation to social and political problems. Through being, as Albert Camus notes 'the only great spirit of our times' and per André Gide, the 'patron saint of all outsiders', Weil stands in contrast to the predominant trends in philosophy, political theory, and theology. Her thought thus provides a productive, innovative, and interdisciplinary lens from which to approach and address the 21st century's most pressing problems as they relate to the three key disciplines of politics, philosophy, and theology.This UK based but internationally looking network aims to bring together scholars working on Weil in these main areas in order to explore the utility of her thought for contemporary concerns. This is particularly apt as Weil has a clear link to the UK, having written her greatest political works in London when working for the French Resistance. Whilst there are societies for Weil's thought in the U.S.A, France, and Germany, and despite the growing interest in her life and work, the UK has always lacked formal and focal structures for the study of Weil, and thus misses the benefits that would result.Having identified this lack of centralization and growth of interest in Weil, the project aims to set up a Simone Weil Network to coordinate Weil scholars in a structured and interdisciplinary research environment. This will enable her thought to be disseminated academically and publicly, laying the groundwork for a longer-term AHRC ECR research project. The network will therefore aim to connect UK Weil scholars in different disciplines, with an outward focus towards colleagues in Europe, as well as expand and improve the limited scholarly work available on Weil in English. The network will facilitate and deliver three symposia, two public events, and a major international conference. From this the investigators will edit a volume of interdisciplinary essays on Weil, alongside publishing one research article in a top tier journal.The UK Weil Network will allow us to deliver these aims, and will be structured around a UK Weil Network website. This website will become the first place for Weil scholars and members of the public to go in order to find out about the life, work, and scholarly activity that surrounds Simone Weil. Further, the network will pay special attention to foster and facilitate interdisciplinary Weil scholarship, and in this takes inspiration from the successful AHRC funded 'Spinoza Research Network'. We are thus not funding a single line of inquiry but are interested in equipping, empowering, and bringing into dialogue Weil scholars (especially PGR and ECR researchers) from a variety of disciplines in order to give structure to Weil scholarship in the UK.The focus of the symposia, public events, and conference will be the theme 'Simone Weil in the 21st Century: Religion, Philosophy, and Politics'. These events will bring together scholars to explore the potential for Weil's thought to address current social and political concerns through her chosen disciplines of philosophy, politics, and theology, as well as introduce her innovative and challenging life to the public.Weil's disparate renaissance is a consequence of the failure of traditional philosophical, religious, and political models of thinking to address the radical shifts in social, ecological, religious, and political life in the 21st century. Bringing Weil's thought to bear on these contemporary challenges, from an array of disciplinary perspectives and through a range of events, will enable an effective dissemination of Weil's thought, and provide responses to present impasses in contemporary philosophy, politics, and theology with regards to the myriad challenges of our times.

哲学家、神秘主义者、活动家和谜团--西蒙·韦尔的生活和工作难以简单地描述和归类。近年来，她的兴趣和分析的广度和深度吸引了人们的注意，因为它在社会和政治问题上的持久性和新鲜性。正如阿尔伯特·加缪所指出的那样，韦尔是“我们时代唯一伟大的精神”，而安德烈·吉德则是“所有外来者的守护神”，他与哲学、政治理论和神学的主要趋势形成了鲜明对比。因此，她的思想提供了一个富有成效的、创新的和跨学科的视角，从这个角度来处理和解决21世纪最紧迫的问题，因为这些问题涉及政治、哲学和神学这三个关键学科。这个总部设在英国但具有国际视野的网络旨在将研究韦尔的学者聚集在这些主要领域，以探索她的思想对当代问题的效用。这一点尤其恰当，因为韦尔与英国有着明确的联系，她在为法国抵抗运动工作期间在伦敦写下了她最伟大的政治作品。虽然美国、法国和德国都有韦尔的思想，尽管人们对她的生活和工作越来越感兴趣，但英国一直缺乏对韦尔研究的正式和重点结构，从而错过了由此带来的好处。在发现了韦尔缺乏集中化和兴趣增长的情况后，该项目旨在建立一个西蒙·韦尔网络，以在结构化和跨学科的研究环境中协调韦尔学者。这将使她的思想能够在学术上和公众中传播，为更长期的AHRC ECR研究项目奠定基础。因此，该网络将致力于将英国不同学科的Weil学者联系起来，将重点放在欧洲的同事身上，并扩大和改进Weil上有限的英文学术著作。该网络将便利和提供三次研讨会、两次公开活动和一次重要的国际会议。在此基础上，调查人员将编辑一卷关于Weil的跨学科论文，同时在顶级期刊上发表一篇研究文章。英国Weil Network将允许我们实现这些目标，并将围绕英国Weil Network网站进行构建。这个网站将成为韦尔学者和公众第一个访问的地方，以了解围绕西蒙·韦尔的生活、工作和学术活动。此外，该网络将特别注意促进和促进跨学科的韦尔奖学金，并在这方面从AHRC资助的成功的“斯宾诺莎研究网络”中获得灵感。因此，我们不是在资助一项单一的研究，而是有兴趣为来自不同学科的魏尔学者(特别是PGR和ECR研究人员)提供装备、授权并进行对话，以便为英国的魏尔学术提供结构。研讨会、公共活动和会议的焦点将是“21世纪的西蒙·韦尔：宗教、哲学和政治”。这些活动将使学者们齐聚一堂，探索韦尔的思想通过她选择的哲学、政治和神学学科来解决当前社会和政治问题的潜力，并向公众介绍她的创新和具有挑战性的生活。韦尔截然不同的复兴是传统哲学、宗教和政治思维模式未能应对21世纪社会、生态、宗教和政治生活根本转变的结果。从一系列学科角度和通过一系列事件，将韦尔的思想运用到这些当代挑战中，将使韦尔的思想能够有效地传播，并为应对当代哲学、政治和神学中关于我们时代无数挑战的僵局提供回应。

项目成果

Philosophy of religion as a way of life: Askesis and Ethics

作为一种生活方式的宗教哲学：苦求与伦理

• DOI: 10.1111/heyj.14128
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: The Heythrop Journal
• 作者: Casewell D

A Study of Character

性格研究

• DOI: 10.14428/thl.v6i1.61223
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: An International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology
• 作者: Casewell D