Socialism - General & Miscellaneous

Oppression and Liberty

Name: Oppression and Liberty
Author: Simone Weil
ISBN: 9780415254076

by Simone Weil, Weil Simone

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Overview

Oppression and Liberty is one of Simone Weil's most important books on political theory.Here she discusses political and social oppression, its permanent causes, the way it works and its contemporary forms. Simone Weil's writings on oppression and liberty continue to be as valid and thought-provoking today as they were in her lifetime.

Synopsis

Are civilised people essentially freer than primitive ones? If not, what pattern of social life could make it so? Weil analyses political and social oppression, its permanent causes, mechanism and contemporary forms.