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The French thinker Simone Weil has seldom been considered part of the critical pedagogy story, yet there is much in her legacy of potential interest to scholars and practitioners in this area. Weil died at the tragically young age of 34, leaving behind a body of mostly unpublished writings that would later influence others in fields as diverse as classical studies, literature, philosophy, sociology, politics, and theology.
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Roberts, P. (2013). Simone Weil. In: Kirylo, J.D. (eds) A Critical Pedagogy of Resistance. Transgressions. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-374-4_33
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