Roberts, P.2013-11-272013-11-272011Roberts, P. (2011) Attention, asceticism and grace: Simone Weil and higher education. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 10(3), pp. 315-328.http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8680The work of the French thinker Simone Weil has exerted an important influence on scholars in a wide range of fields. To date, however, her writings have attracted comparatively little interest from educationists. This article discusses some of the key concepts in Weil’s philosophy — gravity, grace, decreation, and attention — and assesses their significance for the arts and humanities in higher education.enasceticismdecreationgracehigher educationphilosophytheologyJournal ArticleFields of Research::39 - Education::3903 - Education systems::390303 - Higher educationField of Research::13 - Education::1302 - Curriculum and Pedagogy::130205 - Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Economics, Business and Management)https://doi.org/10.1177/1474022211408037