01725    a2200313   450000500170000000800390001702000220005603700360007804000070011404100080012107200140012907200160014307200150015907200120017407200140018607200130020007200210021307200210023407200210025507200210027607200210029707200190031810000160033724500710035325000060042426000320043030000100046252009390047220250526161931.0250430042001GB                   eng    a9780415271028qBC  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 14.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aQD2thema7 aQRAB2thema7 aQRM2thema7 aHP2bic7 aHRAB2bic7 aHRC2bic7 aPHI0000002bisac7 aPHI0050002bisac7 aPHI0220002bisac7 aPSY0310002bisac7 aREL0000002bisac7 a303.3722bisac1 aSimone Weil10aNeed for RootsbPrelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind  a2  aOxfordbRoutledgec20011012  a320 p  bHailed by Andre Gide as the patron saint of all outsiders, Simone Weil's short life was ample testimony to her beliefs. In 1942 she fled France along with her family, going firstly to America. She then moved back to London in order to work with de Gaulle. Published posthumously The Need for Roots was a direct result of this collaboration. Its purpose was to help rebuild France after the war. In this, her most famous book, Weil reflects on the importance of religious and political social structures in the life of the individual. She wrote that one of the basic obligations we have as human beings is to not let another suffer from hunger. Equally as important, however, is our duty towards our community: we may have declared various human rights, but we have overlooked the obligations and this has left us self-righteous and rootless. She could easily have been issuing a direct warning to us today, the citizens of Century 21.