by Jean Ziegler · Terramar · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789727103669
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«A Fome no Mundo Explicada ao Meu Filho» is Jean Ziegler's popular essay, published by Terramar in paperback (118 pages, in Portuguese).
In a dialogue with his son Karim, Jean Ziegler explains why hunger persists on a planet with sufficient resources: malnutrition is a consequence of political, economic and social inequalities, not of real scarcity. The book invites readers to recognise collective responsibility and to commit to authentic solidarity against an avoidable tragedy.
The work was originally published in French in 1999 as «La faim dans le monde expliquée à mon fils»; this Portuguese edition by Terramar is from 2004.
It is aimed at young readers who want to understand the causes of hunger and at adults seeking a brief, dialogue-based introduction to the problem.
Jean Ziegler is a Swiss former professor of sociology at the University of Geneva and the Sorbonne, Paris, and former vice-president of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council. He was previously Member of the Swiss Parliament for the Social Democrats from 1981 to 1999. He has also held several positions with the United Nations, especially as Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2000 to 2008, and as a member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council from 2008 to 2012. Ziegler has authored numerous works, is a lecturer, and is well known for this sentence: "A child who dies from hunger is a murdered child."
