by Mark Kurlansky, Daniel Menezo García · Debate · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483067949
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«No violencia: 25 lecciones sobre una idea peligrosa» is the essay by Mark Kurlansky and Daniel Menezo García, published by Debate in paperback (240 pages).
Nonviolence is presented here as an active and subversive idea, capable of questioning the powerful and transforming society. Kurlansky reviews episodes such as Gandhi's struggle in India and Eastern Europe's resistance to the Soviets to extract 25 lessons on how peaceful action can combat war and injustice. The volume opens with a foreword by the Dalai Lama.
Work originally published as «Nonviolence» in 2006. Winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize (2007) in the nonfiction category.
Work for readers of philosophy, history, and social movements, interested in peaceful change and the critique of power.
Mark Kurlansky is an American journalist and author who has written a number of books of fiction and nonfiction. His 1997 book, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (1997), was an international bestseller and was translated into more than fifteen languages. His book Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea (2006) was the nonfiction winner of the 2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
