How could an ethical vision be mobilized to inspire a nation to greatness? In The Need for Roots, Simone Weil considers fundamental issues about the nature of political power, the relationship between means and ends, and the ethics of propaganda. What sorts of corruption are intrinsic to political engagement? How can faith be used to motivate a political movement? How must a nation reckon with its past crimes? Why must a successful political movement have a correct “conception of greatness”?

On Thursday, March 27, at 12:30 PM, join us for a lunch conversation with Amogha Sahu (Columbia) about Weil’s analysis of the nature of political power. We will read 127–184 of The Need for Roots.