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Editorial Reviews

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Short Biography of the Author
Evelin Lindner has a dual education as a Medical Doctor and a Psychologist, with a Ph.D. in Medicine (Dr. med.) from the University in Hamburg in Germany, and a Ph.D. in Psychology (Dr. psychol.) from the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo in Norway. She is the founding president of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HumanDHS), a global transdisciplinary community of concerned academics and practitioners who wish to stimulate systemic change, globally and locally, to open space for dignity, mutual respect and esteem to take root and grow. Our goal is ending systemic humiliation and humiliating practices, preventing new ones from arising, and opening space for feelings of humiliation to nurture constructive social change, so that we call can join in healing the cycles of humiliation throughout the world. Linda Hartling is the director of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies. Lindner is also co-founder of the World Dignity University initiative, including Dignity Press and World Dignity University Press. All initiatives are not for profit. She lives and teaches globally and is affiliated with the University of Oslo since 1997 (first with the Department of Psychology, and later also with its Center for Gender Research, and with the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights). Furthermore, she is affiliated with Columbia University in New York City since 2001 (with the Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity, AC4), and since 2003 with the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme in Paris. She convenes two conferences per year together with the HumanDHS network, and more than 30 conferences have been conducted since 2003 all around the world. One conference takes place each December at Columbia University in New York City, it is the Workshop on Transforming Humiliation and Violent Conflict, with Morton Deutsch as honorary convener until his passing in 2017. The other conference takes place at a different location each year, since 2003 in Europe (Paris, Berlin, Oslo, Dubrovnik), Costa Rica, China, Hawai’i, Turkey, New Zealand, South Africa, Rwanda, and Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand. See for a list of past and future conferences and the status of the work here. Lindner has received several awards, and as a representative of the dignity work of HumanDHS, she has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015, 2016, and 2017.

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Contents

Foreword by
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
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Appendix
Index
References

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Synopsis — Executive Summary

 

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Endorsements

Dear Friend, if you wish to be so kind and contribute with a little endorsement, please send it to Evelin in an email, she will then include it on this website! THANK YOU!!!

 

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Reviews and Comments

 

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Kindly see the invitation (TC | Pdf) to this book talk in Gottesman Libraries on November 2, 2023! My deep gratitude goes to Jennifer Govan, the director of Gottesman Libraries, for making this book talk possible! Saying thank-you on December 11, 2023! I was glad that a small group of dear friends attended, because the topic is so difficult for me to share ... The name of John Dewey will always remain connected with Teachers College! If he and my father had met, they would have loved each other! Thank you also, dear Jennifer, for realizing a wonderful "Under One Sun: The Passow Collection of Israeli Children's Peace Art, Part Two" exhibition on the third floor of Gottesman Libraries just outside of the room of the book talk! There I saw the same quotes I used in my talk! "Imagine ... nothing to die or kill for..." by John Lennon, and "I have a dream..." by Martin Luther King Jr.!

November 2, 2023, Manhattan, New York City, Columbia University, Gottesman Libraries, 306 Russell Hall, 4:00pm - 5:30pm Dear Jennifer Govan, thank you so much for hosting this "pre-launch" book talk! On the Path of My Father, with Evelin Lindner in person • Kindly see the cell phone video recording • Kindly see the Zoom video recording • Kindly see the PowerPoint slides "Letter to My Father" is a planned book project about the author’s journey that began in a family that was deeply traumatised by war and displacement and which led to a life project dedicated to nurturing more dignity and solidarity in the world. The author was born to a father who had experienced many existential losses — he had lost one arm, his dear father, his beloved brothers, and his beloved homeland Silesia, from where his family was forcibly displaced. The book describes how the Norwegian heritage of likeverd and dugnad gave the author a deeper understanding of the values expressed in the ideals of human rights and the motto of the French Revolution, liberté, égalité, and fraternité. The book highlights the Norwegian cultural heritage as being important not only for Norway but for the whole world. It is a unique heritage that encompasses not only freedom and equal dignity but also solidarity, and this not just locally but also globally (see the Nansen Passport). The author attempts to make palpable how these values can give substance to the notion of dignity, both for the individual and for humanity as a whole." -- book description Evelin Lindner is the founding president of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies, a transdisciplinary academic field and a global fellowship, and co-founder of the World Dignity University Initiative. She has taught in numerous settings around the globe and has published widely. Her books include "Making Enemies: Humiliation and International Conflict" (honored as one of the best academic publications in the U.S.A. in 2007); "Emotion and Conflict: How Human Rights Can Dignify Emotion and Help Us Wage Good Conflict"; "Gender, Humiliation, and Global Security" (Foreword by Desmond Tutu); "A Dignity Economy"; "Honor, Humiliation, and Terror"; and "From Humiliation to Dignity: For a Future of Global Solidarity." Evelin Lindner graduated in psychology in 1978, and in medicine in 1984, both from the University of Hamburg. She also studied law and sinology at the Goethe University Frankfurt and philosophy at the University of Hamburg and Oslo. In 1994, she earned her first doctorate, in Medicine (Dr. med.) from the University of Hamburg. In 1997 she became a research fellow at the University of Oslo Department of Psychology, where she obtained her second doctorate, in Psychology (Dr. psychol.) in 2001. She is affiliated with many academic institutions, among others with Columbia University in New York, and the Maison de Sciences de l'Homme in Paris. For her global peace work, she has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times, in 2015, 2016, and 2017. Jennifer Govan is the Director of Gottesman Libraries. This is her biographical information on Gottesman Libraries website: Jennifer is a native to Washington, D.C. and was raised in Chicago. She grew up in a family that engaged with justice, art, and education. Her father was a corporate lawyer and constitutional delegate for the state of Illinois; her mother, an artist from Maine who worked with lithograph, acrylic, cloth, and mixed mediums; her stepfather, a British geology professor and university finance administrator; her English stepmother, an English teacher in Africa. Their example inspired in her deep respect for binding human customs or practices; learning, teaching, and research; and creativity in expression. The most interesting aspect of libraries, for her, is creating spaces that nurture the continual educational growth of our patrons -- spaces, both physical and virtual, that are research-oriented, collegial, collaborative, innovative, creative, tuned to our needs and times, yet informed by history, its life lessons, and future thinking. These spaces embrace the wide scope of collections, services, and that little bit extra -- the Gottesman Libraries' Education Program. As Library Director and Senior Librarian she provides direction and oversees the work of all all units, with a focus on administration, budget, relations, content management, communication, programming, and user engagement. Jennifer brings wide experience through decades of dedicated work at Teachers College in reference service, library collection management, K-12 collections, archives, access, and outreach. She holds a BA Combined Honors in English and French from The University of Exeter, England, and a Master of Librarianship from The College of Librarianship Wales, The University of Wales. She taught English in southern France; has family throughout the United States and United Kingdom; and was once described by a library colleague as a "world citizen" though she has lived with her own family in Manhattan for many years. • Kindly click on the photos above or here to see more pictures • Kindly see the cell phone video recording • Kindly see the Zoom video recording • Kindly see the PowerPoint slides • Kindly send Evelin an email if you wish to read a summary of Evelin's father's traumatic experiences and how they influenced her, written by her parallel in four languages (Norsk | English | Deutsch | Français) • Kindly see also a related talk in 2012 in São Paulo