An NYRB Classics Original Simone Weilphilosopher activist mysticis 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 selfserving partisanship of the political class present a threat to democracies all over the world. Dissecting the dynamic of power and propaganda cause