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Oppression and liberty / Simone Weil.

By:

Weil, Simone, 1909-1943

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Routledge classicsPublisher: London : Routledge, 2001Description: 184 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

0415255600
0415254078 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

Political science -- Philosophy

DDC classification:

320.01 21

Contents:

Prospects: Are we Headed for the Proletarian Revolution? -- Reflections Concerning Technocracy, National-Socialism, the U.S.S.R. and Certain Other Matters. On Lenin's book Materialism and Empiriocriticism -- Reflections Concerning the Causes of Liberty and Social Oppression. Critique of Marxism. Analysis of Oppression. Theoretical Picture of a Free Society. Sketch of Contemporary Social Life. Conclusion -- Fragments, 1933-1938. Critical Examination of the Ideas of Revolution and Progress. Meditation on Obedience and Liberty. On the Contradictions of Marxism -- Fragments, London 1943 -- Is There a Marxist Doctrine?

Review: "The French thinker Simone Weil counts as one of the leading intellectual and spiritual figures of the twentieth century. She was a legendary essayist, political philosopher and member of the French resistance, whose literary output belied her tragically short life. Most of her work was published posthumously, to widespread acclaim. Always concerned with the nature of individual freedom, Weil explores in Oppression and Liberty its political and social implications. Analysing the causes of oppression, its mechanisms and forms, she questions revolutionary responses and presents a prophetic view of a way forward. If, as she noted elsewhere, 'the future is made of the same stuff as the present', then there will always be a need to continue to listen to Simone Weil."--BOOK JACKET.

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This translation originally published: London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1958.

"The French thinker Simone Weil counts as one of the leading intellectual and spiritual figures of the twentieth century. She was a legendary essayist, political philosopher and member of the French resistance, whose literary output belied her tragically short life. Most of her work was published posthumously, to widespread acclaim. Always concerned with the nature of individual freedom, Weil explores in Oppression and Liberty its political and social implications. Analysing the causes of oppression, its mechanisms and forms, she questions revolutionary responses and presents a prophetic view of a way forward. If, as she noted elsewhere, 'the future is made of the same stuff as the present', then there will always be a need to continue to listen to Simone Weil."--BOOK JACKET.

Translated from the French.

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