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Library Outreach Events: Julia Haslett
The Cannon Memorial Library's 2017-2018 Cultural Programming; Archive of 2010-2018
Ms. Haslett's Projects - On The Question of Human Suffering and Response
From Director's Statement; "You may love this film or you may hate it, but what you won’t feel is nothing. The questions it poses are fundamental and the stakes it raises are quite literally, life or death. And for that reason, the film can take a while to sink in. My idealistic hope is that once it does, it will bring a little more compassion into the world." Julia Haslett on An Encounter with Simone Weil
- Worlds Apart
Advance Praise
Advance Praise for An Encounter with Simone Weil
"Essential viewing for 2011."
~Julia Bacha, Director, Budrus
"...a moving document that compels us to reflect on themes in our own lives."
~Mariëtte Baarda, De Groene Amsterdammer (The Netherlands)
"Haslett offers a provocative and deeply personal meditation on a genius whose incandescence illuminated some of the darkest moments of the 20th Century, even as it consumed her to the wick."
~Joslyn Barnes, Louverture Films (USA)
"This documentary surpasses any mere curiosity about an extraordinary person...Haslett's documentary is the most spiritual and political aesthetic possibility."
~Daehyun Park, Indigo: Humanities Magazine for Young People (South Korea)
"…an astonishing and revelatory piece of work."
~Siân Miles, author of Simone Weil: An Anthology
Quotes from an email exchange:
From: Julia Haslett
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 3:03 PM
To: Brent Short
Subject: An Encounter with Simone Weil
Simone Weil Film Trailer
French Philospher and Social Activist, Simone Weil, is the subject of Haslett's documentary.
Julia Haslett on the Making of An Encounter With Simone Weil
Ms. Haslett was interviewed in April 2011 at the Sarasota Film Festival.
Some Books about or by Simone Weil @ your Library!
Simone Weil by Call Number: Cannon Library, Second Floor B2430.W474 G73 2001ISBN: 0670899984Summary
Francine du Plessix Gray's biography of the Marquis de Sade, At Home with the Marquis de Sade, was hailed by The New York Times Book Review as a "boldly imaginative retelling" of his life and garnered the critically acclaimed author a Pulitzer Prize nomination. In Simone Weil, du Plessix Gray vividly evokes the life of an equally complex and intriguing figure. A patriot and a mystic, an unruly activist plagued by self-doubt, a pampered intellectual with a credo of manual labor, an ascetic who craved sensuous beauty, Simone Weil died at the age of thirty-four prematurely after a long struggle with anorexia. But her tremendous intellectual legacy foresaw many of the twentieth century's great changes and continues to influence philosophy today. Simone Weil traces this seminal thinker's transformation from privileged Parisian student to union organizer, activist, and philosopher as well as the complex evolution of her ideas on Christianity, politics, and sexuality. In this thoughtful and compelling biography, du Plessix Gray illuminates an enigmatic figure and early feminist whose passion and pathos will fascinate a wide audience of readers.
Simone Weil, an anthology by Call Number: Cannon Library, Second Floor B2430.W472 E55 1986ISBN: 0802137296Summary
Philosopher, theologian, critic, sociologist, political activist -- Simone Weil was among the foremost thinkers of our time. Best known in this country for her theological writing, Weil wrote on a great variety of subjects ranging from classical philosophy and poetry, to modern labor, to the language of political discourse. The present anthology offers a generous collection of her work, including essays never before translated into English and many that have long been out of print. It amply confirms Elizabeth Hardwick's words that Simone Weil was "one of the most brilliant and original minds of twentieth-century France" and "a woman of transcendent intellectual gifts and the widest learning." A longtime Weil scholar, Sian Miles has selected essays representative of the wide sweep of Weil's work and provides a superb introduction that places Weil's work in context of her life and times.
Simone Weil and the specter of self-perpetuating force by Call Number: Cannon Library, Second Floor B2430.W474 D64 2010ISBN: 0268026041Summary
French Christian philosopher and social activist Simone Weil (1909-1943) spent a large portion of her life meditating on the problems of force and violence, initially embracing pacifism but, upon the invasion of France by the Nazis, coming to the conclusion that force was necessary, even if inevitably debasing. In this work, Doering (U. of Notre Dame) explores the evolution of Weil's thoughts on force and violence, basing her readings on Weil's essays, including lesser-known works from her earlier years, and on her recently published notebooks. In addition to describing the chronological development of Weil's own variation of just-war theory, Doering discusses such topics as the influence of the Hindu religious text, the Bhagavad Gita, on Weil's thought and Weil's influence on philosophers Dwight McDonald, Nicola Chiaromonte, and Albert Camus. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Weaving the world : Simone Weil on science, mathematics, and love by Call Number: Cannon Library, Second Floor B2430.W474 M67 2005ISBN: 0268034877Contents: Kosmos and crisis -- Science and work -- Classical and contemporary science -- Monochords and bridges -- The divine poetry of mathematics -- "All geometry proceeds from the cross" -- "Our country is the cross" -- Conclusion: "a preparation for deliverance."
Intimations of Christianity among the ancient Greeks by Call Number: Cannon Library, Second Floor B172 .W34 1998ISBN: 0415186625Summary
In "Intimations of Christianity Among the Ancient Greeks," Simone Weil discusses precursors to Christian religious ideas which can be found in ancient Greek mythology, literature and philosophy. She looks at evidence of "Christian" feelings in Greek literature, notably in "Electra, Orestes, " and "Antigone," and in the "Iliad," going on to examine God in Plato, and divine love in creation, as seen by the ancient Greeks.
Lectures on philosophy / Simone Weil ; translated by Hugh Price by Call Number: Cannon Library, Second Floor B2430.W473 L3513 1978ISBN: 052122005XSummary
Simone Weil's Letons de Philosophie are derived from a course she taught at the lycTe for girls at Roanne in 1933-4. Anne Reynaud-GuTrithault was a pupil in the class; her notes are not a verbatim record but are a very full and, as far as one can judge, faithful rendering, often catching the unmistakable tone of Simone Weil's voice as well as the force and the directness of her thought. The lectures form a good general introduction to philosophy, ranging widely over problems about perception, mind, language, reasoning and problems in moral and political philosophy too. Her method of presentation is a characteristic combination of abstract argument, personal experience and literary or historical reference. Peter Winch points out in his introduction to the book some of the more systematic connections in her philosophical work (and between this philosophical work and her other concerns), and makes a number of suggestive comparisons between Simone Weil and Wittgenstein. The translation is by Hugh Price from the Plon edition of 1959. Dr Price has added some notes to explain references in the text that might be unfamiliar to English speaking students beginning philosophy.
Subject Guide
Carol Moon
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Reference and Instructional Outreach Librarian
Saint Leo University
Daniel A. Cannon Memorial Library
33701 S.R. 52,
Saint Leo, FL 33574
carol.moon@saintleo.edu
352-588-8261
Articles Discussing Haslett's Film
- Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2011 - Slant Magazine article
Blogging on the Film
Info on Haslett's Short Films
- Pure and Simple - Una Pizza NapolitanaNYmag.com article