Time for Outrage--A Basis for Sustainable Development?

With the recent passing of Stephen Hessel, his polemic essay, Time for Outrage, along with his corageous life, can be seen as a similar conceptual foundation and value basis to that of sustainable development. Acquainting ourselves with his work is a fitting way to honor his life.

Stéphane Frédéric Hessel (20 October 1917 – 26 February 2013[1]) was a diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, French Resistance fighter and BCRA agent. Born German, he became a naturalised French citizen in 1939. He participated in the editing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. Hessel became a diplomat after the war and was involved, along with Eleanor Roosevelt, in drafting the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (See more.) In October 2010, his essay, Time for Outrage! (original French title: Indignez-vous!), was published in an edition of 6,000 copies (ISBN 978-1455509720 ). It has sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide. In 2011, he was named by Foreign Policy magazine to its list of top global thinkers.  After "Time for Outrage", Stephane Hessel's new book "Engagez-vous!" (Get involved!) is published with the young French journalist Gilles Vanderpooten. In it "Stephane Hessel appeals to his readers to save the environment and to embrace the positive. He also emphasizes the importance of good luck in life." (See Wikipedia.)