by Simone Weil · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780415119597
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«The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind» is the philosophical essay by Simone Weil, published by Routledge in paperback.
Essay in which Simone Weil reflects on the uprootedness of modern society and advocates the recovery of spiritual roots. The author examines the needs of the soul (order, liberty, obedience, responsibility and truth) and proposes a declaration of duties towards mankind to restore a sense of belonging and community.
1995 English edition, in the Routledge Classics series (volume 72), with a preface by T. S. Eliot.
For readers of political and moral philosophy interested in the thought of Simone Weil and the problem of uprootedness in modern life.
Simone Adolphine Weil was a French philosopher, mystic and political activist. Despite her short life, her ideas concerning religion, spirituality and politics have remained widely influential in contemporary philosophy.
