Oppression and Liberty

2. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-25407-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 213 g

Reihe: Routledge Classics

The remarkable French thinker Simone Weil is one of the leading intellectual and spiritual figures of the twentieth century. A legendary essayist, political philosopher and member of the French resistance, her 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. Analyzing 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.

Zielgruppe

General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weil, Simone

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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?

Über Autor(innen)

Simone Weil (1909-43) was one of the most original philosophical, religious and political thinkers of the twentieth century; besides working as a teacher, a factory worker and a farmhand, she fought for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War and was a member of the French resistance.