Simone Weil ; translated by Arthur Wills and John Petrie.
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New York :
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Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (184 pages)
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Routledge classics
GENERAL NOTES
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"English edition first published 1958 by Routledge & Kegan Paul."--Title page verso.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Prospects : are we headed for the proletarian revolution? -- Reflections concerning technocracy, national-socialism, the U.S.S.R. and certain other matters -- Reflections concerning the causes of liberty and social oppression -- Fragments, 1933-1938 -- Fragments, London 1943 -- Is there a Marxist doctrine?
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"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."--Jacket.
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EBL180588
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Title
Oppression and liberty.
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0415254078
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Oppression et liberté.
Language (when part of a heading)
English
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Socialism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Communism & Socialism.