Mordechai Rotenberg

Rewriting the Self

Psychotherapy and Midrash

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

While the term midrash from the Hebrew darash, searched or interpreted can refer to both legal and extralegal scriptural exegesis, it most commonly refers to symbolic legends, stories, and parables used to make moral or ethical concepts accessible to the layman. As such, midrash encompasses an open-ended method of exposition that often allows for the coexistence of seemingly contradictory interpretations of holy writ in a kind of dialogue with each other. In Rewriting the Self, Mordechai Rotenberg illustrates how midrashic dialogue between a persons past and present may assist in the reorganiation of ostensibly contrasting conditions or positions, so that by reinterpreting a failing past according to future aspirations, cognitive discord may be reduced and one may begin to rehabilitate and enhance ones life. The new title given this edition is intended to clarify the authors intent.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 328g
• ISBN-13: 9780765805676
• ISBN-10: 0765805677
• Artikelnr.: 21377757

Autorenporträt

Mordechai Rotenberg

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction: Living through Midrashic Interpretation
2: Narrative "Missionarism" in Dialectic Psychotherapy
3: The Midrash and "Biographic Rehabilitation"
4: Philosophies of History and the Psychology of "Self-Renewal"
5: The Oedipal Conflict and the Isaac Solution
6: The "Non-Melting Pot"
7: The Hermeneutic Dialogue and Interhemispheric Balance
8: Linear Conversion versus Cyclistic Teshuvah: An Empirical Differentiation
9: The Midrashic Dialogue between Past and Future
10: The Temporal Dialogue as "Chutzpah Therapy"