Politics, economics, institutions Ändere die Welt!

The provocative book by the internationally renowned globalisation critic

For the first time in its history, the world has at its disposal the resources and means to eradicate hunger, disease and tyranny. And yet the fight for scarce commodities is being carried out on an inhuman level in increasingly new dimensions. War is back again; hunger and need have returned to everyday life in Europe; attitudes immune to reasoning are gaining ground.

Jean Ziegler, who for decades has been denouncing hardship, suppression and injustice, looks back and questions himself about what effect he and his scientific and political work have had. Why have people living in Western societies not yet been able to shake off their inner chains preventing them from thinking and acting freely?

Ziegler's book is an appeal to change the world and contribute to a social order that is not based on domination and exploitation. His hopes are focussed on a new world-spanning civil society that aims to combat the causes of the cannibalistic world order.