シーラ・エルワージー：「非暴力で戦う方法」

This short booklet explains why current ways of dealing with terrorism are ineffective.

This book is based on Sharp's study, conducted over a period of 40 years, on nonviolent methods of demonstration. Although never actively promoted, this astonishing book traveled as a photocopied pamphlet from Burma to Indonesia, Serbia and most recently Egypt, Tunisia, Syria and China.

On average, $1 spent on programs to prevent violent conflict achieves as much as $60 spent reacting to crises once violence erupts. So why is there no worldwide strategy for the building of peace? November 1918 marked the end of the 'war to end wars.' One hundred years later, we should now be calling for a new Versailles Convention.

What do I do differently as a result of knowing this great woman? I utterly believe in the power of one local person to transform a violent situation. I know that humiliation is the driver of most incidents of violence, and that respect is the best antidote to humiliation, and I try to apply that.

This pocket booklet deals with inner peace. There are various routes to find inner peace whilst remaining open to the outside world, including ways to increase awareness, ways to be clear about values, ways to own one’s shadow side and to feel protected while doing this.