The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Obligations towards the Human Being (2) (Routledge Classics Ser.)

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Synopsis
A new translation of Simone Weil's best-known work: a political, philosophical and spiritual treatise on what human life could beWhat do humans require to be truly nourished? Simone Weil, one of the foremost philosophers of the last century, envisaged us all as being bound by unconditional, eternal obligations towards every other human being. In The Need for Roots, her most famous work, she argued that our greatest need was to be rooted: in a community, a place, a shared past and collective future hopes. Written for the Free French movement while she was exiled in London during the Second World War, Weil's visionary combination of philosophy, politics and mysticism is her answer to the question of what life without occupation - and oppression - might be.'The patron saint of all outsiders' Andre Gide'The only great spirit of our time' Albert Camus Translated by Ros Schwartz, with an introduction by Kate Kirkpatrick.
Copyright:
2002

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
320 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780141994192
Related ISBNs:
9780241467978
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Ros Schwartz
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Introduction by:
Kate Kirkpatrick
Translator:
Ros Schwartz

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