Tutti i grandi insegnanti e riformatori sociali, dai tempi antichi ai nostri giorni, hanno un tema comune. Dal Buddha a Gesù Cristo, da Mahavira a Maometto, da Lao Tzu al Dalai Lama, da Madre Teresa a Martin Luther King, da Mahatma Gandhi a Nelson Mandela e da Joan Baez a John Lennon, hanno tutti racchiuso i loro insegnamenti in una parola: amore. L'amore è un'espressione della nostra spiritualità, della nostra immaginazione e del nostro stile di vita. Ma è anche un imperativo pratico ed ecologico. Satish Kumar è celebre per la sua epica camminata per la pace nel mondo compiuta negli anni '60 dall'India alle capitali nucleari di Mosca, Parigi, Londra e Washington. Ovunque andasse, scopriva che gli esseri umani erano capaci di un amore che poteva superare l'odio e le divisioni. 'Radical love' distilla l'esperienza di una vita di un autore profondissimo e multiforme - marito, genitore, attivista, educatore, fondatore dell'eco-università Schumacher College - in semplici lezioni su come trasformare questo momento di crisi ecologica e conflitti in un'epoca in cui saremo capaci di godere dell'armonia con la natura, della sicurezza e dell'abbondanza. È un'esplorazione del potere trasformativo dell'amore in tutte le sue forme: dall'amore romantico all'amore per la famiglia e la comunità, fino all'amore per il pianeta e tutti gli esseri viventi. L'amore è difficile da definire, ma ognuno di noi, in fondo al cuore, ha un'idea di cosa sia. La mancanza d'amore conduce alla guerra, al conflitto, alla competizione, allo sfruttamento, alla dominazione, all'asservimento delle persone e del

Nell'epoca del consumismo esasperato e di una profonda crisi ecologica, il saggio indiano Satish Kumar ci invita a vivere con elegante semplicità. Un libro intenso, straordinario, che raccoglie la sua preziosa sapienza di vita. «Chiunque può rendere le cose complicate, ma ci vuole un genio per renderle semplici»: la semplicità di cui parla Kumar richiede immaginazione, creatività, gratitudine, originalità. Impegnarci in questa avventura potrà farci apprendere l'arte del vivere bene: nelle relazioni amorose, negli affetti, nel lavoro. Introduzione di Fritjof Capra.

This book focuses on the analysis of liability rules of tort law from an efficiency perspective, presenting a comprehensive analysis of these rules in a self-contained and rigorous yet accessible manner. It establishes general results on the efficiency of liability rules, including complete characterizations of efficient liability rules and efficient incremental liability rules. The book also establishes that the untaken precaution approach and decoupled liability are incompatible with efficiency.

The economic analysis of tort law has established that for efficiency it is necessary that each party to the interaction must be made to internalize the harm resulting from the interaction. The characterization and impossibility theorems presented in this book establish that, in addition to internalization of the harm by each party, there are two additional requirements for efficiency. Firstly, rules must be immune from strategic manipulation. Secondly, rules must entail closure with respect to the parties involved in the interaction giving rise to the negative externality, i.e., the liability must not be decoupled.

A groundbreaking book which helps business leaders and managers to adapt to rapidly changing economic and social situations.

In the light of the looming ecological crisis facing the world today, much of the stunning beauty of the natural world is being lost forever. On the Origin of Beauty seeks to confront this crisis through a philosophical enquiry into our perception of natural beauty. Through discussions of numerous fields including the philosophy of science, environmental ethics, rationalism, and Eastern and Western religion, Griffin asserts that Beauty itself may be the catalyst needed to save the globe from destruction.

In Earth Pilgrim, Satish Kumar draws on his personal experience as well as his understanding of the spiritual traditions of both East and West. The book takes the form of conversations between Satish and others about the inner and outer aspects of pilgrimage: to be a pilgrim is to be on a path of adventure, to move out of our comfort zones, to let go of our prejudices and preconditioning, and to make strides toward the unknown. Satish Kumar has been a pilgrim ever since, at the age of eight, he joined the brotherhood of wandering Jain monks in his native India. Later he walked the length and breadth of India with Gandhi's successor Vinoba Bhave, persuading landowners to donate a portion of their lands to the poor. In the 1960s he made an 8,000-mile pilgrimage for peace, which included walking from India over the Himalayas to Paris via Moscow. Satish believes that at this stage of human history we now need a new kind of pilgrim, unattached to any form of dogma: Earth pilgrims who are concerned with this world, not the next, and who are seeking a deep commitment to life in the here and now, upon this Earth, in this world.

Not every book will change your life, but any book can. Not every discussion will make a difference, but a conversation can change the world.

In this timely retelling of an ancient Buddhist parable, peace activist Satish Kumar has created a small book with a powerful spiritual message about ending violence. It is a tale of a fearsome outcast named Angulimala ('Necklace of Fingers'), who is terrorizing towns and villages in order to gain control of the state, murdering people and adding their fingers to his gruesome necklace. One day he comes face to face with the Buddha and is persuaded, through a series of compelling conversations, to renounce violence and take responsibility for his actions.

The Buddha and the Terrorist addresses the urgent questions we face today: Should we talk to terrorists? Can we reason with religious fundamentalists? Is nonviolence practical? The story ends with a dramatic trial that speaks to the victims of terrorism—the families whose mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters Angulimala has murdered. It asks whether it is possible for them to forgive. Or whether it is even desirable.

No one can read The Buddha and the Terrorist without thinking about the root causes of terrorism, about good and evil, about justice and forgiveness, about the kind of place we want the world to be, and, most important, about the most productive and practical way to get there.

This book traces the spiritual journey of Satish Kumar: child monk, peace pilgrim, ecological activist, and educator. In it he recounts the sources of inspiration that formed his understanding of the world as a network of multiple and diverse relationships. You Are, Therefore I Am is divided into parts. The first describes his memories of conversations with his mother, his teacher, and his Guru, all of whom were deeply religious. The second part recounts his discussions with the Indian sage Vinoba Bhave, J. Krishnamurti, Bertrand Russell, Martin Luther King, and E. F. Schumacher. These five great activists and thinkers inspired him to engage with social, ecological, and political issues. In the third part, Satish narrates his travels in India, which have continued to nourish his mind and reconnect him with his roots.