Factory Diary
Factory Diary
作者: [法]西蒙娜·薇依 出版社: 上海人民出版社
Introduction
How to get rid of the pain and boredom in work? In order to feel oppression like the oppressed and pursue what she believed to be a free society as realistically as possible, Simone Weil abandoned her identity as a philosophy teacher and entered the factory in December 1934. For nearly a year, this rebellious philosophy teacher worked as a cutter, packer and milling machine operator in turn, experiencing illness, accidents, and the torture of dismissal, and suffered obedience, humiliation and injustice. This cruelty left a lifelong mark on her.
In this Factory Diary, Weil recorded her observations, encounters, working hours and income, physical and mental suffering, as well as philosophical and moral reflections on this experience. This book is a raw document, without lyricism or sentimentality, showing Simone Weil's concern for the current reality and her position of always standing on the side of workers.