Surplus Powerlessness: The Psychodynamics of Everyday Life and the Psychology of Individual and Social Transformation - Softcover

Michael Lerner

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Synopsis

This book argues that people make themselves more powerless than they need to be, and that this attitude...undermines one's personal effectiveness in both love and work and negates one's willingness to pursue any large-scale visions of political or social change.

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About the Author

Michael Lerner is an American political activist, the editor of Tikkun, a progressive Jewish interfaith magazine based in Berkeley, California, and the rabbi of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue in Berkeley. He is the author of many books, including Surplus Powerlessness, Jews and Blacks (with Cornell West), The Politics of Meaning, Spirit Matters, Embracing Israel/Palestine, and The Left Hand of God.

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