by Jean Ziegler · Ediciones Península · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788499421476
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In 'Mass Destruction', Jean Ziegler offers a geopolitical analysis of hunger, supported by statistics, graphs, and reports from the UN and other organizations. The author examines the devastating effects of hunger in various countries, especially in Africa, and highlights how this phenomenon is intrinsically linked to political and economic decisions. Ziegler argues that hunger is not a fatality, but the result of human actions and, therefore, can be eradicated through political will and international cooperation.
This book is a call to action to combat inequality and ensure the right to food for all. Ziegler invites us to reflect on the root causes of hunger and to mobilize to build a more just and equitable world, where everyone has access to adequate and dignified food.
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."
