The Need for Roots

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Born and bred in Francé, Simoné Weil was one who, according to T. S. Eliot, might have become a saint'. Yet although a devout Christian, she refused to bt baptised and much of her writing constitutes a formidable criticísm of the Church. She was alsó intensely Jewish, yet castigated many Jews for their beliefs and opinions. And she was deeply patriotic, but alsó highly critical of the faults and spiritual weaknesses of contemporary Francé. It is against this background that one must therefore consider Simoné Weil, for her prejudices and experiences colour her writing considerabiy, In The Need For Roots she deals with the needs of the soul, discussing order, liberty, obedience, responsibility and many more subjects, finishing with the need for truth. She then considers the problem of uprootedness, in the towns, the countryside and in nationhood, and finally turns her attention to 'the growing of roots', the needs of the soul for security, stability and above all a sense of identity,... Tovább

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Born and bred in Francé, Simoné Weil was one who, according to T. S. Eliot, might have become a saint'. Yet although a devout Christian, she refused to bt baptised and much of her writing constitutes a formidable criticísm of the Church. She was alsó intensely Jewish, yet castigated many Jews for their beliefs and opinions. And she was deeply patriotic, but alsó highly critical of the faults and spiritual weaknesses of contemporary Francé. It is against this background that one must therefore consider Simoné Weil, for her prejudices and experiences colour her writing considerabiy, In The Need For Roots she deals with the needs of the soul, discussing order, liberty, obedience, responsibility and many more subjects, finishing with the need for truth. She then considers the problem of uprootedness, in the towns, the countryside and in nationhood, and finally turns her attention to 'the growing of roots', the needs of the soul for security, stability and above all a sense of identity, a sense of belonging somewhere, of having roots. 'This is one of those books which ought to be studied by the young before their leisure has been lost and their capacity for thought destroyed; books the effect of which, we can only hope, will become apparent in the attitűdé of mind of another generation.'-T. S. Eliot ROUTLEDGE & KEGAN PAUL Vissza