Simone Weil's Political Philosophy: Field Notes from the MarginsDavis demonstrates how Simone Weil's Marxism challenges current neoliberal understandings of the self and of human rights. Explaining her related critiques of colonialism and of political parties, it presents Weil as a twentieth century political philosopher who anticipated and critically responded to the most contemporary political theory. Simone Weil's short life (1909 1943) is best understood as deeply invested in and engaged with the world around