This controversial, impassioned call-to-arms for a return to the ideals that fueled the French Resistance has sold millions of copies worldwide since its publication in France in October 2010. Rejecting the dictatorship of world financial markets and defending the social values of modern democracy, 93-old Stéphane Hessel -- Resistance leader, concentration camp survivor, and former UN speechwriter -- reminds us that life and liberty must still be fought for, and urges us to reclaim those essential rights we have permitted our governments to erode since the end of World War II.

Time for Outrage: Indignez-vous!

HESSEL, Stéphane

Reference

Twelve

A short, incisive political tract that criticizes the culture of finance capitalism and calls for a return to the humanist values of the enlightenment: equality, liberty, freedom as defined in the Declaration of the Rights of Man, a return to community, mutual respect, freedom from poverty, and an end to theocracy and fundamentalism. The authors argue that a return to these values constitutes “a path to hope,” leading the way out of the present worldwide malaise brought on by economic collapse, moral failure, and an ignorance of history. For the authors, 20th-century fascism was no mere abstraction—it was a brutal system brought on by a similar malaise, a system they fought against. This gives their book special urgency. The Path to Hope is written by two esteemed French thinkers—94-year-old Stephane Hessel and 90-year-old Edgar Morin, following on the heels of Hessel’s Indignez-vous! (Time for Outrage!). Both books have become bestsellers in France and throughout Europe. Both have also become foundational documents underpinning the worldwide protest movement of which Occupy Wall Street is the American subset.

The Path to Hope

Business & Money

MORIN, EDGAR

Economics

Other Press

His brief pamphlet Indignez-vous! (Cry Out!) is an international bestseller, calling for a return to the values of his native France’s “greatest generation,” the resistance fighters of World War II. It has inspired citizens participating in the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street uprisings. Now Stéphane Hessel, one of France’s preeminent thinkers and activists, is back. With extraordinary insight, the ninety-four-year-old Hessel gives his intellectual autobiography. His thinking is nourished by the exchange he has maintained for years with his close friends, as well as prominent political and literary figures: Edgar Morin, Jean-Paul Dollé, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Régis Debray, Peter Sloterdijk, Laure Adler, Michel Rocard, and Jean-Claude Carrière. This book is accessible and profound—it is for all those who seek, despite the contradictions and violence of our contemporary lives, to “regain our dignity as men and women while governed by a frenzy of selfish and irresponsible people.” This book is, for Stéphane Hessel, a way to encourage us to reflect on the past in order to take charge of our future destiny. At once a handbook for the revolutionary, a treatise on human rights, and an inside look at the relationships, thoughts, and recollections of one of the most important figures in France today, this is a not-to-be-missed book for 2012.

The Power of Indignation: The Autobiography of the Man Who Inspired the Arab Spring

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Skyhorse Publishing

The astonishing life of the writer named by the New York Times one of the last living heroes of the darkest era of the twentieth century.” His brief pamphlet Indignez-vous! (Cry Out!) is an international bestseller, calling for a return to the values of his native France’s greatest generation,” the resistance fighters of World War II. It has inspired citizens participating in the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street uprisings. Now Stéphane Hessel, one of France’s preeminent thinkers and activists, is back. With extraordinary insight, the ninety-four-year-old Hessel gives his intellectual autobiography. His thinking is nourished by the exchange he has maintained for years with his close friends, as well as prominent political and literary figures: Edgar Morin, Jean-Paul Dollé, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Régis Debray, Peter Sloterdijk, Laure Adler, Michel Rocard, and Jean-Claude Carrière. This book is accessible and profoundit is for all those who seek, despite the contradictions and violence of our contemporary lives, to regain our dignity as men and women while governed by a frenzy of selfish and irresponsible people.” This book is, for Stéphane Hessel, a way to encourage us to reflect on the past in order to take charge of our future destiny. At once a handbook for the revolutionary, a treatise on human rights, and an inside look at the relationships, thoughts, and recollections of one of the most important figures in France, this is not-to-be-missed.

Power of Indignation

Le chemin de l'espérance (French Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

FAYARD

VIVEZ !

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

CARNETS NORD

Un livre de plus par Stéphane Hessel ? Oui, mais... Cet homme d’exception témoigne ici du parcours de sa vie, et tout particulièrement des deux dernières décennies. À travers les grands thèmes qui structurent la pensée contemporaine, grâce à son ouverture de cœur et d’esprit hors du commun, Hessel livre ici son autobiographie intellectuelle, sensible et inclassable. Sa réflexion se nourrit des échanges qu’il entretient depuis des années avec ses amis proches, éminentes figures politiques et littéraires : Edgar Morin, Jean-Paul Dollé, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Régis Debray, Peter Sloterdijk, Laure Adler, Michel Rocard, Jean-Claude Carrière. Il aborde successivement les thèmes de l’indignation (et de ses limites), de la compassion, de l’amour, de l’admiration, de la force des mots, de l’engagement politique et de la définition de la démocratie. Ce livre accessible et profond s’adresse à tous ceux qui cherchent, à travers les contradictions et les violences contemporaines, à « retrouver notre dignité d’homme et de femme dans un environnement régi par des frénésies égoïstes, irresponsables », et le « sens profond de nos existences : paix et partage dans une communauté de citoyens du monde ».« Nous sommes le monde que nous voulons changer », disait Gandhi. Ce livre est pour Stéphane Hessel une façon de nous encourager à réfléchir sur le passé pour mieux prendre en main notre destin futur.

TOUS COMPTES FAITS OU PRESQUE

Buchet/Chastel

Le Rescapé et l Exilé: Israël-Palestine, une exigence de justice

Sanbar, Elias

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

DON QUICHOTTE

À nous de jouer !: Appel aux indignés de cette Terre

Merk, Roland

Autrement *

MA PHILOSOPHIE

TRUONG, Nicolas

Social Sciences

DE L AUBE

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