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brice_mo's review against another edition
5.0
I came to Simone Weil through her religious writing, and I was delighted to see that her gift for an almost prophetic level of insight extends to politics.
For anybody who feels disenchanted by the political climate in which we live, this is a wonderfully encouraging essay. Weil argues that the system feels corrupt because it is corrupt, and the artifice that seems to plague political discourse is irredeemable.
That might sound hopeless, but I take it as a call to rethink our understanding of how we occupy cultural spaces—if politics are inherently predatory, how do we effect systemic cultural change?
We play a new game.
For people who may feel like they are on the margins of their group identity, whether that is political or religious, Weil offers the hope that they may be uniquely gifted to speak into their cultures and subcultures.
Good stuff.
For anybody who feels disenchanted by the political climate in which we live, this is a wonderfully encouraging essay. Weil argues that the system feels corrupt because it is corrupt, and the artifice that seems to plague political discourse is irredeemable.
That might sound hopeless, but I take it as a call to rethink our understanding of how we occupy cultural spaces—if politics are inherently predatory, how do we effect systemic cultural change?
We play a new game.
For people who may feel like they are on the margins of their group identity, whether that is political or religious, Weil offers the hope that they may be uniquely gifted to speak into their cultures and subcultures.
Good stuff.
miramadsen's review against another edition
4.0
føles meget passende at læse netop nu..
spændende overvejelser, dog umiddelbart modstander af det objektive sandhedsbegreb, der benyttes til at legitimere ‘sandhedstotalitarisme’
spændende overvejelser, dog umiddelbart modstander af det objektive sandhedsbegreb, der benyttes til at legitimere ‘sandhedstotalitarisme’
anijs's review against another edition
Amai, al fronsend, maar ook onder de indruk. Bovendien is dit, of voornamelijk het voorwoord, lezen na Siddharta wel een beetje een trip.
meganwittman's review against another edition
5.0
This book smacks.
“Political parties are organisations that are publicly and officially designed for the purpose of killing in all souls the sense of truth and justice. Collective pressure is exerted upon a wide public by the means of propaganda. The purpose of propaganda is not to impart light [truth], but to persuade.”
“Political parties are organisations that are publicly and officially designed for the purpose of killing in all souls the sense of truth and justice. Collective pressure is exerted upon a wide public by the means of propaganda. The purpose of propaganda is not to impart light [truth], but to persuade.”
hiboluha's review against another edition
5.0
From her spiritual writings to her political critiques, Simone Weil does not disappoint. This short essay on the critique of political parties shows that their mere existence is a problem to truth and thinking in every way. The presence of political parties should only be permissible if they are good. However, unlike politicians usually claim, democracy and a republic rule aren’t good themselves, but a way to achieve good. However, do people want to achieve good or is comfort a more desirable goal? Her 34 page writing on this very matter is jaw dropping, in the midst of intense controversy of the 2 party system in the United States. As Weil puts it, the thinking of political parties is becoming “intelectual leprosy” and, while the solution may not be so apparent, we must start the abolition of political parties.