In The Need for Roots, French philosopher Simone Weil gives an analysis of both what man needs to be morally and spiritually fulfilled, and what results when these conditions are not met. Looking at the ongoing devastation of the Second World War and especially the spiritual malaise that she blames for France's quick capitulation, she argues that rootedness, is "perhaps the most important and least known" social need.

On Thursday, February 27, at 12:30 PM, join us for a lunch conversation with Anthony Hejduk (Columbia) about rootedness and how its absence in industrial life contributed to the crises Weil observed. We will read 1–59 of The Need for Roots.