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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Juergensmeyer's book is something of a Gandhian tour de force - a careful analysis and series of applications of Gandhi's concepts of satyagraha...to everyday situations with which most Western readers are familiar." - Religious Studies"
Table of ContentsPreface to the 2005 Edition SECTION I. THE GANDHIAN FIGHT 1. Fighting a Gandhian Fight 2. Why Fight at All? 3. How Do You Know When You're Right? 4. Violence: The Breakwoen of a Fight 5. What to Do with a Recalcitrant Opponent 6. The Weapon: The Goal Itself 7. The Power of Noncooperation 8. Fighting a Very Big Fight 9. How Do You Know When You've Won? 10. Some Basic Rules SECTION II. CASE STUDIES Looking At Cases Case #1: A Family Feud Case #2: The Endangered Employees Case #3: A Lonely Decision Case #4: A Peaceful End to Irish Terrorism Case #5: A Tragic Resistance SECTION III. SOME SMALL QUARRELS Conversations in the Mind Issue #1: Can Violence Ever Be Justified?--Gandhi v. Marx Issue #2: Can Anger Be True?--Gandhi v. Freud Issue #3: Is a Force of Love Realistic?--Gandhi v. Niebuhr Issue #4: Was Gandhi Always a Gandhian?--Mohandas v. the Mahatma Notes Index
