{"id":42984,"date":"2025-07-30T23:16:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T06:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=42984"},"modified":"2025-07-30T23:17:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T06:17:00","slug":"the-most-subversive-philosopher-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/30\/the-most-subversive-philosopher-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Subversive Philosopher of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Most Subversive Philosopher of All Time\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1UvtWvNZCzc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@GreatBooksProf\">Great Books<\/a> Jul 28, 2025 Simone Weil was a radical philosopher who diagnosed some of modernity&#8217;s most serious problems. While she was influenced by Karl Marx, she also rejected many of Marxism&#8217;s central tenets. This means her critique of modernity and the solutions she offers are both original and challenging. She prescribes a wholesale transformation of society, and in particular, a collective reimagining of the role work plays in human life. Chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1UvtWvNZCzc\">0:00<\/a> Introduction <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1UvtWvNZCzc&amp;t=58s\">0:58<\/a> Marxism and Revolution <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1UvtWvNZCzc&amp;t=180s\">3:00<\/a> Weil&#8217;s Moral Convictions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1UvtWvNZCzc&amp;t=300s\">5:00<\/a> Uprootedness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1UvtWvNZCzc&amp;t=480s\">8:00<\/a> Factory Work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1UvtWvNZCzc&amp;t=576s\">9:36<\/a> Weil&#8217;s Utopian Solution <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1UvtWvNZCzc&amp;t=842s\">14:02<\/a> Need for Greatness Bibliography: Eliot, T.S. &#8220;Preface.&#8221; The Need for Roots. Translated by Arthur Willis. Routledge, 2005. 7-14. Rosen, Fred. &#8220;Marxism, Mysticism, and Liberty: The Influence of Simone Weil on Albert Camus.&#8221; Political Theory 7 (1979). 301-19. Rozelle-Stone, A. 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