RT Article
T1 In abandonment of the parable: an Agambenian interpretation of Simone Weil's "Hesitations Concerning Baptism"
JF International journal of philosophy and theology
VO 79
IS 1/2
SP 105
OP 121
A1 Willemse, Arthur
LA English
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1571252495
AB In this essay, I trace the motif of abandonment that runs through the ethics of Simone Weil. In doing so, as a conceptual lens, I make use of Giorgio Agamben's concept of abandonment. Taking my cue from Weil's hesitations concerning baptism, I examine her stance as a case of either sacrifice or exception, of ambiguity or indifference. Subsequently, I use Weil's hesitations to examine an interconnected sequence of soteriology and metaphysics, following Church and potentiality, World and actuality, and The Kingdom and contingency. This allows me to explore the themes of writing and life. A crucial role is reserved for the Parable of the Sower, and how it discriminates between the saved and the damned.
K1 Exception
K1 Hermeneutics
K1 Indifference
K1 Sacrifice
K1 Soteriology
K1 Weil
DO 10.1080/21692327.2017.1396907