Simone Weil: An Anthology Penguin Classics

Simone Weil was one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century: a philosopher, theologian, critic, sociologist and political activist. This anthology spans the wide range of her thought, and includes an extract from her best-known work \'The Need for Roots\', exploring the ways in which modern society fails the human soul; her thoughts on the misuse of language by those in power; and the essay \'Human Personality\', a late, beautiful reflection on the rights and responsibilities of every individual. All are marked by the unique combination of literary eloquence and moral perspicacity that characterised Weil\'s ideas and inspired a generation of thinkers and writers both in and outside her native France. Σελίδες: 336, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm