Sociology of Religion, Jewish Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Theoretical, Emotions - Psychology, Characteristics & Qualities - Self-Improvement, Hasidism
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Overview
Mordechai Rotenberg, who is well known for his work on the pessimistic impact of Protestant ethics on the Western social sciences, presents here a systematic study derived from, and based on, Judeo-Hasidic ethics. Proceeding from the cabalistic-Hasidic concept of contraction (tzimtsum), according to which God's voluntary withdrawal into Himself to evacuate space for the world serves as a model for human behavior, Professor Rotenberg shows that it is not personal-social "construction", but self- and social "contraction", that explains how the "is" and the "ought" of society are developed and maintained.Book Details
Published
February 1, 1983
Publisher
Philadelphia : Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1983.
Pages
224
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780897270311