| Description |
xii, 73 pages ; 19 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Translator's foreword / Simon Leys -- Note on the text -- On the abolition of all political parties / Simone Weil -- The importance of Simone Weil / Czeslaw Milosz -- In the light of Simone Weil: Milosz and the friendship of Camus / Simon Leys -- Acknowledgement |
| Summary |
Here Simon Leys translates for the first time into English an essay by the remarkable Simone Weil - philosopher, activist, mystic - which makes a case for the corrupting effect of political parties on political life, and calls for their abolition. This is a dazzling account of the perils of political conformity, written with brilliant clarity and wit |
| Analysis |
Essays |
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Overseas item |
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Philosophy |
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Political participation |
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Political science |
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Political science & theory (Australia) |
| Notes |
"'Note sur la suppression général des partis politiques' by Simone Weil, from Ecrits de Londres et dernières lettres © 1957, translated by permission of Editions Gallimard, Paris."-- Verso |
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"It is combined with an essay by the Nobel Prize-winner Czeslaw Milosz 'on the importance of Simone Weil' and an essay by Leys on the influence of Weil, especially on Albert Camus."-- Back cover |
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First written in 1943 |
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Includes contributions by Czeslaw Milosz |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Audience |
Tertiary/Undergraduate, General |
| Notes |
Translated from the French |
| Subject |
Miłosz, Czesław.
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Weil, Simone, 1909-1943 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Weil, Simone, 1909-1943 -- Political and social views.
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Weil, Simone, 1909-1943.
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Political science -- Theory
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Political participation.
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Political parties.
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Political science.
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Women philosophers -- France -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Leys, Simon, 1935-2014, translator
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Miłosz, Czesław, writer of added commentary
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| LC no. |
2013412783 |
| ISBN |
9781863955881 (paperback) |
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