by Stéphane Hessel, Giles Vanderpooten · Destino Catalán · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497102056
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«Comprometeu-vos!» is the political essay by Stéphane Hessel and Gilles Vanderpooten, published by Destino Catalán in paperback (96 pages, in Catalan).
Stéphane Hessel talks with Gilles Vanderpooten to propose that young people move from indignation to action. He rejects defeatism and encourages commitment against injustice, the abuse of power by money, and disregard for human rights; resisting is not just reflecting, but acting to make the 21st century viable.
First edition of 2011, translated from French by Maria Llopis Freixas. Original title: «Engagez-vous!».
The text is aimed at young people and readers interested in political thought and social commitment.
Stéphane Frédéric Hessel was a French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, Resistance member and BCRA agent. Born German, he became a naturalised French citizen in 1939. He became an observer of the editing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. In 2011 he was named by Foreign Policy magazine in its list of top global thinkers. In later years his activism focused on economic inequalities, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and protection for the post–World War II social vision. His short book Time for Outrage! sold 4.5 million copies worldwide. Hessel and his book were linked and cited as an inspiration for the Spanish Indignados, the Arab Spring, the American Occupy Wall Street movement and other political movements.
