{"product_id":"on-the-abolition-of-all-political-parties-paperback","title":"On the Abolition of All Political Parties - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimone Weil\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSimon Leys\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eSimon Leys\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn NYRB Classics Original \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Simone Weil--philosopher, activist, mystic--is one of the most uncompromising of modern spiritual masters. In \"On the Abolition of All Political Parties\" she challenges the foundation of the modern liberal political order, making an argument that has particular resonance today, when the apathy and anger of the people and the self-serving partisanship of the political class present a threat to democracies all over the world. Dissecting the dynamic of power and propaganda caused by party spirit, the increasing disregard for truth in favor of opinion, and the consequent corruption of education, journalism, and art, Weil forcefully makes the case that a true politics can only begin where party spirit ends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume also includes an admiring portrait of Weil by the great poet Czeslaw Milosz and an essay about Weil's friendship with Albert Camus by the translator Simon Leys.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimone Weil \u003c\/b\u003e(1909-1943) was one of the first female graduates of the École Normale Supérieure. A Socialist, she volunteered to fight against the Fascists in the Spanish Civil War. In 1938, a mystical vision led her to convert to Roman Catholicism, though she refused the sacrament of baptism. She fled to the United States in 1942, where, in solidarity with the people of occupied France, she drastically limited her intake of food, so hastening her early death from tuberculosis. \u003ci\u003eWar and the Iliad \u003c\/i\u003eby Weil and Rachel Despaloff, and translated by Mary McCarthy, is published by NYRB Classics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Leys\u003c\/b\u003e's (1935-2014) writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLe Figaro Littéraire\u003c\/i\u003e, and other periodicals. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eChinese Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Napoleon \u003c\/i\u003e(forthcoming from NYRB Classics), \u003ci\u003eOther People's Thoughts\u003c\/i\u003e, and T\u003ci\u003ehe Wreck of the Batavia \u0026amp; Prosper\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2013, New York Review Books Classics published \u003ci\u003eThe Hall of Uselessness\u003c\/i\u003e, a volume of his collected essays. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Czeslaw Milosz\u003c\/b\u003e (1911-2004) was born in Lithuania. Among his published books are works of criticism (\u003ci\u003eThe Captive Mind\u003c\/i\u003e), fiction (\u003ci\u003eThe Issa Valley\u003c\/i\u003e), memoir (\u003ci\u003eNative Realm\u003c\/i\u003e), and many volumes of poetry. In 1980 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771222720800,"sku":"9781590177815","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/db320f43a325608dfa4495f292870403.webp?v=1780383477","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/on-the-abolition-of-all-political-parties-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}