The Need for Roots: prelude towards a declaration of duties towards mankind (French: L'Enracinement, prélude à une déclaration des devoirs envers l'être humain) is a book by Simone Weil. It was first published in French in 1949, titled L'Enracinement. The first English translation was published in 1952. Like all of …
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The Need for Roots: prelude towards a declaration of duties towards mankind (French: L'Enracinement, prélude à une déclaration des devoirs envers l'être humain) is a book by Simone Weil. It was first published in French in 1949, titled L'Enracinement. The first English translation was published in 1952. Like all of Weil's books it was published posthumously. The work diagnoses the causes of the social, cultural and spiritual malaise which Weil saw as afflicting 20th century civilisation, particularly Europe but also the rest of the world. 'Uprootedness' is defined as a near universal condition resulting from the destruction of ties with the past and the dissolution of community. Weil specifies the requirements that must be met so that peoples can once again feel rooted, in a cultural and spiritual sense, to their environment and to both the past and to expectations for the future. The book discusses the political, cultural and spiritual currents that ought to be nurtured so that people have access to sources of energy which will help them lead fulfilling, joyful and morally good lives. A leading theme is the need to recognise the spiritual nature of work. The Need for Roots is regarded as Weil's best known work and has provoked a variety of responses, from being described as a work of "exceptional originality and breadth of human sympathy" to "a collection of egregious nonsense."
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- LibraryThing key:
- 2394110
- Goodreads:
- 141420
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The Need for Roots
320 pages
English language
Published Nov. 9, 2001 by Routledge.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-415-27102-8Copied ISBN!
The Need for Roots
320 pages
English language
Published Nov. 21, 2001 by Routledge.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-415-27101-1Copied ISBN!
The Need for Roots
288 pages
Published Dec. 11, 1995 by Routledge.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-415-11959-7Copied ISBN!
L’enracinement: Prélude à une déclaration des devoirs envers l’être humain (French Edition)
English language
- ISBN:
- 978-1-5142-9383-6Copied ISBN!
L' Enracinement
French language
Published June 11, 1990 by Gallimard.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-07-032563-4Copied ISBN!
L'Enracinement : Ou Prélude à une déclaration des devoirs envers l'être humain
French language
- ISBN:
- 978-2-08-129586-5Copied ISBN!
The need for roots
302 pages
English language
Published June 11, 1971 by Harper and Row.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-06-090226-1Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 6989603
The need for roots
288 pages
English language
Published June 11, 1987 by Ark Paperbacks.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7448-0058-6Copied ISBN!
The need for roots
288 pages
English language
Published June 11, 1987 by Ark Paperbacks.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-374-98332-1Copied ISBN!
The need for roots
301 pages
English language
Published June 11, 1971 by Harper & Row.
- OCLC Number:
- 345142
L' enracinement
249 pages
French language
Published June 11, 1949 by Gallimard.
- OCLC Number:
- 1515293
L' enracinement
256 pages
French language
Published June 11, 1949 by Gallimard.
L' enracinement
249 pages
French language
Published June 11, 1949 by Gallimard.
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