Alexandra Cain
Biographic Data
| ID | 10200282 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra Cain |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Cain |
| SIGNATURE | CAIN A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Simone Weil on "Force" and the Possibilities of Human Freedom
In this article we argue that Simone Weil offers an account of human freedom that—if and when it emerges—emerges from the human being’s recognition of, and appropriate response to, the impossibility of eliminating “force.” While other commentators have noted that for Weil, our freedom derives from consenting spontaneously to that which necessity obligates, we go further by showing the ways in which our responses to force are historically inscribe…
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Simone Weil on "Force" and the Possibilities of Human Freedom
In this article we argue that Simone Weil offers an account of human freedom that—if and when it emerges—emerges from the human being’s recognition of, and appropriate response to, the impossibility of eliminating “force.” While other commentators have noted that for Weil, our freedom derives from consenting spontaneously to that which necessity obligates, we go further by showing the ways in which our responses to force are historically inscribe…
Action (physics) (1 work) · Borges, Kipling, and Jewish Identity (1 work) · Diverse academic research themes (1 work) · Human rights (1 work) · Humiliation (1 work) · Impossibility (1 work) · Inscribed figure (1 work) · Obligation (1 work) · Philosophy and Literary Analysis (1 work)