Joan V. Bondurant is Professor of Politics at Callison College of the University of the Pacific and a Fellow of the Institute of International Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict and has contributed numerous articles to scholarly publications on the subjects of political and social change in South Asia, Indian political thought, and problems of conflict and conflict resolution.

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• Preface, The Search for a Theory of Conflict, I. Familiar Modes of Nonviolence, 1: The New Peace Movement, 2: The New Pacifism, 3: Limits to the Moral Claim in Civil Disobedience, 4: The Moral Ground of Civil Disobedience, II. Forms and Uses of Violence, 5: The Threat of Violence and Social Change, 6: Violence and the Process of Terror, III. Symbolic Violence or Creative Conflict?, 7: Evolution and Revolution, 8: Creative Conflict and the Limits of Symbolic Violence, IV. Is There an Alternative to Violence?, 9: Fractionating Conflict, 10: Comments on Fractionating Conflict', 11: The Technique of Nonviolent Action, 12: Some Questions on Civilian Defense, V. Epilogue, 13: Contrasting Approaches to Conflict, Index

Joan V. Bondurant is Professor of Politics at Callison College of the University of the Pacific and a Fellow of the Institute of International Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict and has contributed numerous articles to scholarly publications on the subjects of political and social change in South Asia, Indian political thought, and problems of conflict and conflict resolution.

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• Preface, The Search for a Theory of Conflict, I. Familiar Modes of Nonviolence, 1: The New Peace Movement, 2: The New Pacifism, 3: Limits to the Moral Claim in Civil Disobedience, 4: The Moral Ground of Civil Disobedience, II. Forms and Uses of Violence, 5: The Threat of Violence and Social Change, 6: Violence and the Process of Terror, III. Symbolic Violence or Creative Conflict?, 7: Evolution and Revolution, 8: Creative Conflict and the Limits of Symbolic Violence, IV. Is There an Alternative to Violence?, 9: Fractionating Conflict, 10: Comments on Fractionating Conflict', 11: The Technique of Nonviolent Action, 12: Some Questions on Civilian Defense, V. Epilogue, 13: Contrasting Approaches to Conflict, Index

Joan V. Bondurant is Professor of Politics at Callison College of the University of the Pacific and a Fellow of the Institute of International Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict and has contributed numerous articles to scholarly publications on the subjects of political and social change in South Asia, Indian political thought, and problems of conflict and conflict resolution.

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• Preface, The Search for a Theory of Conflict, I. Familiar Modes of Nonviolence, 1: The New Peace Movement, 2: The New Pacifism, 3: Limits to the Moral Claim in Civil Disobedience, 4: The Moral Ground of Civil Disobedience, II. Forms and Uses of Violence, 5: The Threat of Violence and Social Change, 6: Violence and the Process of Terror, III. Symbolic Violence or Creative Conflict?, 7: Evolution and Revolution, 8: Creative Conflict and the Limits of Symbolic Violence, IV. Is There an Alternative to Violence?, 9: Fractionating Conflict, 10: Comments on Fractionating Conflict', 11: The Technique of Nonviolent Action, 12: Some Questions on Civilian Defense, V. Epilogue, 13: Contrasting Approaches to Conflict, Index