A review by sharpish1
Indignez-vous ! by Stéphane Hessel

2.0

I just don't get all of the hype. The author deserves our respect, for sure, and he has important points to make. But the writing is disjointed and the arguments are conclusory. If you are expecting a short but inspiring bit of counter-culture motivation, you would do better watching an old West WIng episode. Picture an old guy in a bar drunkenly yelling, "You young kids need to get mad about something! Back in my day we didn't just sit around and whine! Socialism is good! Help the poor! Equality! Liberty! Get up and do something about it!"
OK, actually my little speech there may have been better than the author's essay in this booklet.
He has street cred, and I'd love to hear more detailed and coherent stories from his younger days, but I have no clue why this booklet has become an instant cult classic. It is terrible.