TITLE:
The need for roots : prelude to a declaration of obligations towards the human being / Simone Weil ; translated by Ros Schwartz ; with an introduction by Kate Kirkpatrick.
Translated Title:
Enracinement.
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
[London] : Penguin Books,
Physical Description:
xxiv, 262 p.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Simone Weil has been described by Andre Gide as 'the patron saint of all outsiders' and by Albert Camus as 'the only great spirit of our time'. In this, her most famous work, she diagnoses the malaise at the heart of modern life -- uprootedness, from the past and from community. Written towards the end of World War Two for the Free French Army, Weil's text is an indispensable and perpetually intriguing text for readers and students of philosophy everywhere.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780241467978
General Note:
"First published in french as L'Enracinement"
