Hasidic Contraction: A Model for Interhemispheric Dialogue
Abstract. Neuroclinical studies have claimed that the right side of the brain is associated with mystic orientation and sensual-affective functioning and that the brain's left side is related to logical-analytic thinking. From observations of conversion processes among repenters and cult recrui...
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Language: | English |
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1986
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Zygon
Year: 1986, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 201-217 |
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Summary: | Abstract. Neuroclinical studies have claimed that the right side of the brain is associated with mystic orientation and sensual-affective functioning and that the brain's left side is related to logical-analytic thinking. From observations of conversion processes among repenters and cult recruitees, it is hypothesized that a drastic switchover between mythic and analytic life orientations, via a dialectic replacement of the previous code, may result in a psychopathological disorientation. Based on the Hasidic-Cabalic notion of mutual “contraction,” a dialogical model of interhemi-spheric balancing, which a priori trains people to interpret reality through simultaneous rational Talmudism and Cabalic mysticism, is introduced. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1986.tb00743.x |