{"id":15200,"date":"2026-09-04T09:20:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/?p=15200"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:24:15","slug":"revolutionary-pessimism-simone-weils-antifascist-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/revolutionary-pessimism-simone-weils-antifascist-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary Pessimism:\u00a0 Simone Weil&#8217;s Antifascist Politics Thursday, 9\/10 3:30pm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us for the first talk in the Providence College Women Philosophers Series! Dr. Scott Ritner of the University of Colorado Boulder will present \u201cRevolutionary Pessimism: Simone Weil\u2019s Antifascist Politics,\u201d drawing from his forthcoming book of the same title. The talk will explore Weil\u2019s critique of the State, her resistance to formal institutions, and the intellectual traditions that shaped her political thought. Thursday, September 10 at 3:30PM in Ruane 105<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"777\" src=\"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/Scot-Ritner-9-10-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Scot Ritner- presenter and talk details\n\" class=\"wp-image-15201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/Scot-Ritner-9-10-2026.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/Scot-Ritner-9-10-2026-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scot Ritner presents:\u00a0 Revolutionary Pessimism:\u00a0 Simone Weil&#8217;s Antifascist Politics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upcoming-events","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15200"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15218,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15200\/revisions\/15218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}