Nobles fredssenter gandhi biography

Born in a small village located on the banks of the Mbashe River, South Africa.
He was known for his ability to listen and for his belief that dialogue is the way to lasting peace.
The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The Legacy of Madiba

In the northern hemisphere, Mandela is often seen as a man of forgiveness, as he spoke of reconciliation with whites after apartheid. In the southern hemisphere, however, he is seen as a representative of the African values of pride, humanism, democracy, and leadership.

Five years after Mandela’s death, we saw populism, radicalization, and social unrest grow amongst us. Human rights, liberty and democracy was being undermined. But in a world, were leadership had become scarce, Mandela’s light was still shining bright for millions of people.

People are measuring today’s leaders up against Mandela, and often find them to fall terribly short. Mandela has not passed his expiry date, at least not to ordinary people. For many of today’s leaders on the other hand, Mandela seems to never have been a role model, but he should have been.

The Global League of Heroes

We need leaders we can respect. In the battle against poverty, oppression and populism, we need to see that we at least achieve some progress. We need the inspiration from the few, brave and principled p

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The Book of Joy

By Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu and Douglas Carlton Abrams

Two spiritual giants. Five days. One timeless question.

Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships—or, as they would say, because of them—they are two of the most joyful people on the planet.

In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu traveled to the Dalai Lama’s home in Dharamsala, India, to celebrate His Holiness’s eightieth birthday and to create what they hoped would be a gift for others. They looked back on their long lives to answer a single burning question: How do we find joy in the face of life’s inevitable suffering?

They traded intimate stories, teased each other continually, and shared their spiritual practices. By the end of a week filled with laughter and punctuated with tears, these two global heroes had stared into the abyss and despair of our time and revealed how to live a life brimming with joy.

This book offers us a rare opportunity to experie

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Øyvind Tønnesson

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Tønnesson, Øyvind (2023). En arv etter "1968"?

Tønnesson, Øyvind (2023). Book note: Lehrs, Lior (2022) Unofficial Peace Diplomacy: Private Peace Entrepreneurs in Conflict Resolution Processes. Journal of Peace Research. ISSN 0022-3433.

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Tønnesson, Øyvind (2023). Lange, Christian Lous. snl.no.

Tønnesson, Øyvind (2023). Fredsbevegelsen. snl.no.

Tønnesson, Øyvind (2022). FNs bærekraftsmål – et (slutt-)kapittel i historien om internasjonal organisering?

Tønnesson, Øyvind (2022). Hvor ble det av fredsbevegelsen? [Radio]. NRK P2.

Tønnesson, Øyvind (2022). Når komponistene Franck, Debussy og Tournemire står på plakaten: et foredrag om deres tid i internasjonal historie.

Kvåle, Gunhild; Dørum, Knut & Tønnesson, Øyvind (2021). Colletts kafe podkast: Arven etter 1968. .