Paul Tournier: Your Power Comes at Others’ Expense

A 1977 book on attitudes that might break the cycle of violence

Tucker Lieberman
7 min readMar 10, 2024

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Paul Tournier, a Swiss physician rooted in his Christian faith, was a prolific writer. Violence et Puissance was originally published in 1977 in French; the following year, as the author turned 80, it was translated to English by Edwin Hudson as The Violence Inside

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Tucker Lieberman

Editor for Prism & Pen. Author of the novel "Most Famous Short Film of All Time." https://tuckerlieberman.com/