The Atlas Of Non-Violence

Despite the international recognition that the "United Nations General Assembly Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace" gained during the 1990s, the following anticipated decade seemed grim from the beginning. In fact, it all started with the 9/11 disaster and the globalization of the state of emergency, followed by the eruption of wars, the repercussions of which are still impacting us today. That said, developing a culture of peace seems more pressing today than ever before.

This is what the Syrian researcher and activist, Haytham Manna, calls for in his new book "The Atlas of Non-Violence" in which he recalls the most famous symbols of the non-violent movement in the world, documenting their settings through time and place. As one of the most prominent figures of the Syrian opposition, during its first peaceful years, Manna decrypts the logic behind resorting to violence and its terrible repercussions on people, nations, and humanity, especially in Syria during its long war.

He then defines the culture of peace, not by describing it as a simple moral and behavioural thesis, but rather as a first and perhaps only choice to save humanity.