About this title: Written while Simone Weil worked at the French Headquarters in London, The Need for Roots was published posthumously in 1949. She had been commissioned by General de Gaulle, head of the Free French forces, to write a report on the duties and privileges of the French after the liberation. An intensely spiritual person, Simone Weil felt it an obligation to experience life as others had to, working in factories and on farms. She became concerned by the idea of uprootedness and, in this report, called on her fellow French to recover their spiritual roots, stressing the need for security. She was ...
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Edition: 2nd Impression
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul, London
Date Published: 1952
Description: Good. Good Hardback without dust jacket. Slight wear to boards especially spine. Slight speckling to prelim pages, occasional pencil markings to margins. xvi + 288p. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2001-11-01
ISBN-13:9780415271028ISBN:0415271029
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780415271028. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Beacon Press
Date Published: 1955
Description: Good+, shelf rubbing, some edge color chipping, minor light spine and hinge lines. Solid binding, clean pages. Trade size.; 302 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 1987-07
ISBN-13:9780744800586ISBN:0744800587
Description: Good. Fast Shipping! This book is Good Condition. Spine has some wear. No writing or highlighting inside book. No missing pages. Some wear on edges and on cover. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis(Routledge)
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780415271028ISBN:0415271029
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 7.795 by 5.079 inches. In this, her most famous book, weil reflects on the importance of religious and political social structures in the life of the individual. hailed by andre gide as the patron saint of all outsiders, simone weil's short life was ample testimony to her beliefs. in 1942 she fled france along with her family, going firstly to america. she then moved back to london in order to work with de gaulle. published posthumously the need for roots was a direct ... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis(Routledge)
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780415271011ISBN:0415271010
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 7.795 by 5.079 inches. In this, her most famous book, weil reflects on the importance of religious and political social structures in the life of the individual. hailed by andre gide as the patron saint of all outsiders, simone weil's short life was ample testimony to her beliefs. in 1942 she fled france along with her family, going firstly to america. she then moved back to london in order to work with de gaulle. published posthumously the need for roots was a direct result ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780415271028ISBN:0415271029
Description: Near Fine. Except for a little rubbing at the front corners of the soft cover, as new; crisp, bright, clean, no ownership marks. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE CHAPMAN HALL
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780415271028ISBN:0415271029
Description: New. Hailed by Andre Gide as the patron saint of all outsiders, Simone Weil's short life was ample testimony to her beliefs. In 1942 she fled France along with her family, going firstly to America. She then moved back to London in order to work with de Ga... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780415271028ISBN:0415271029
Description: New. In this, her most famous book, Weil reflects on the importance of religious and political social structures in the life of the individual. read more
"Ended up skipping most of the Book One, going on about obligations, and the large section in the middle of Book Two about France and its history up to WWII. What was really worthwhile was the vision she had of the society towards which she saw it was preferable to work, once France and the Continent emerged from the War. Relevant even now.
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