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The Hasidic Psychology: Making Space for Others » (2nd Edition)

Book cover image of The Hasidic Psychology: Making Space for Others by Mordechai Rotenberg

Authors: Mordechai Rotenberg
ISBN-13: 9780765805386, ISBN-10: 0765805383
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Date Published: November 2003
Edition: 2nd Edition

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Author Biography: Mordechai Rotenberg

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Transaction Introduction
Introduction
IThe Sociological Perspective
1Salvation, Monism, and Social Contraction3
2The Social Contract and Social Contraction17
3Contractional Alterism vs. Contractual Altruism28
4Structural Deviance and the Mono vs. Multiple Ideal-labeling System42
5Social Crisis and the Mono vs. Multiple Ideal-labeling System52
IIThe Social-Psychological Perspective
6Alter-centered Individualism and Interpersonal Contraction69
7The Prussian-Oedipal Father vs. the Maggid's Contracting Father81
8Assertiveness Training for "I or Thou" Behavior89
9Alterism, Individual Freedom, and "Exclusion" Systems97
10Deviance and Interdependence Between Matter and Spirit110
11The Modeling Role of the Zaddik in the Inclusion Community120
12The Deciphering-Inclusion Process129
IIIThe Psychological Perspective
13Ascent Through Descent: the Functional Dynamics of Monistic Deviance141
14Functional Phases in the "Ascent Through Descent" Process156
Epilogue: The Philosophical Perspective
15Toward a Philosophical Sociology of Paradox177
Bibliography191
Index201

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