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On the Abolition of All Political Parties

On the Abolition of All Political Parties( )
Author: Weil, Simone
Translator: Leys, Simon
Introduction by: Leys, Simon
Contribution by: Milosz, Czeslaw
Series title:NYRB Classics Ser.
ISBN:978-1-59017-781-5
Publication Date:Sep 2014
Publisher:New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
Imprint:NYRB Classics
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $14.95
Book Description:

An NYRB Classics Original 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...
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Book Details
Pages:96
Detailed Subjects: Philosophy / Individual Philosophers
Political Science / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.07 x 7.878 x 0.312 Inches
Book Weight:0.251 Pounds
Author Biography
Weil, Simone (Author)
Pierre Ryckmans was born on September 28, 1935 in Brussels, Belgian. He studied law and art history at the Catholic University of Louvain. At the age of 19, he was one of a delegation of young Belgians invited to China on a trip that included a meeting with Zhou Enlai, the premier under Mao. He spent 12 years in the Far East, where he became an expert on Chinese painting, calligraphy and poetry. In Hong Kong, he monitored the Chinese press on behalf of Belgian diplomats. He taught at the Australian National University in Canberra in 1970.

He primarily wrote under the pen name Simon Leys. He criticized Mao's cultural revolution in his first two books, Les Habits Neufs du Président Mao (The Chairman's New Clothes) and Ombres Chinoises (Chinese Shadows). His other works included The Death of Napoleon and The Wreck of the Batavia. He died of cancer on August 11, 2014 at the age of 78.

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