The library’s most extensive collection consists of books that belonged to Professor Fulvio Manara, a lecturer in Human Rights Education and Social Pedagogy at the University of Bergamo who passed away in 2016, and which were donated by his family.

He has long been involved in the non-violent transformation of conflicts and in the cultivation of critical thinking. During his original research work at the University of Bergamo, he promoted and coordinated Research Community initiatives, inspired by the work of Raimón Panikkar and dedicated to the study of the works of certain prophetic figures of non-violence, philosophical thought and spirituality in the 20th century: Gandhi, Etty Hillesum, Lorenzo Milani, Simone Weil, Paulo Freire and Lanza Del Vasto. He has devoted himself passionately to philosophy with children and has developed a unique approach. Building on these experiences and with the network of educators and teachers trained in P4C, Manara founded the Social Promotion Association CdRF – Comunità di Ricerca Filosofica in 2015. He was a member of the editorial board of the Italian Philosophical Society’s journal *Comunicazione Filosofica*, of the journal of political pedagogy *Educazione Democratica*, and a contributor to the journal *Azione Nonviolenta*.