On The Abolition Of All Political Parties

Author: Simon Leys; Simone Weil (Translator)

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Price : 16.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781863955881
Publisher : Schwartz Publishing Pty, Limited
Imprint : Black Inc.
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Weight (g) : 0.09
Publication date : January 2013
Dimensions : 186mm X 123mm
Produced in : Australia
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Author : Simon Leys; Simone Weil (Translator)
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Pages : 96
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'Political parties are a marvellous mechanism . . . If one were to entrust the organisation of public life to the devil, he could not invent a more clever device.' Here Simon Leys translates for the first time into English an essay by the remarkable Simone Weil - philosopher, activist, mystic - which makes a case for the corrupting effect of political parties on political life. This is a dazzling account of the perils of political conformity, written with brilliant clarity and wit. It is combined with an essay by Nobel Prize-winner Czeslaw Milosz 'on the importance of Simone Weil' and an essay by Simon Leys on the influence of Weil, especially on Albert Camus and Milosz. This is a beautiful package of writing by some of the finest minds of the last century.