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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:The Gnostic Racism of Simone Weil's Curse of Ham
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SUMMARY:The Gnostic Racism of Simone Weil's Curse of Ham
DESCRIPTION:<p><span lang="en-US" dir="ltr"><strong>Prof. Benjamin Braude</strong>, History, Boston College</span></p><p><span lang="en-US" dir="ltr">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span lang="en-US" dir="ltr">Why was Simone Weil's essay, "The Three Sons of Noah and the History of Mediterranean Civilization", banned from the US?&nbsp; It has never appeared in any North American printing of the international best-seller, </span><em><span lang="en-US" dir="ltr">Waiting for God</span></em><span lang="en-US" dir="ltr">.&nbsp;&nbsp; Composed in April-May 1942 near the outset of the Pétain-Hitler campaign of expulsion and extermination against the Jews, what does it expose about the attitude of this reputedly saintly French militant, mystic, philosopher to the Final Solution?&nbsp;</span></p><p><span lang="en-US" dir="ltr">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span lang="en-US" dir="ltr">Lecture sponsored by English &amp; Creative Writing, Medieval/Renaissance Studies, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, French, Francophone and Italian Studies.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span lang="en-US" dir="ltr">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span lang="en-US" dir="ltr">Any questions, contact &lt;</span><a href="mailto:cjwhitaker@wellesley.edu"><span lang="en-US" dir="ltr">cjwhitaker@wellesley.edu</span></a><span lang="en-US" dir="ltr">&gt;</span></p>
LOCATION:Wellesley College, Pendleton East 239, 106 Central St, Wellesley MA
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