{"product_id":"between-rationality-and-irrationality","title":"Between Rationality and Irrationality","description":"Jewish Scriptural interpretation entails a potential therapeutic bridge between the rational-material and the irrational-mystic in the world of psychotherapy. PaRDeS, as this system is known, is derived from the following concepts. \"P\" denotes peshat, the plain interpretation of the text, which translates into a rational interpretation of life. \"R\" symbolizes remez, hinting at a related religious concept, which becomes a symbolic view of life. \"D\" stands for derash, the homiletic way of interpreting a text, or a narrative reading of life. And \"S\" represents sod, or the mystery behind an idea, which in psychological terms becomes a mystic understanding of life. Mordechai Rotenberg believes that it is by engaging readings in a \"dialogue\" with each other, as in the Jewish hermeneutic tradition, the psychology underlying one's existence may be more readily understood.\n\nWhile Rotenberg acknowledges that it is legitimate to focus on one cognitive-rational or one narrative-storytelling therapeutic method in the course of therapy, he argues that a comprehensive theory of psychotherapy should include treatment possibilities for both rational and irrational manifestations of behavior, thereby engulfing all aspects of human behavior. For Rotenberg, a person's life becomes the \"text,\" subject to being read and interpreted. If that person wishes to change his or her behavior via psychotherapy, then a hermeneutic system must be employed to understand that person's life. However, many systems interpret a person's life according to the particular theory espoused by the therapist. Rotenberg, in contrast, introduces a balanced theory bridging the rational and the irrational.\n\nBetween Rationality and Irrationality emphasizes that it is more important for a therapist to learn his client's own \"language\" than to impose his own doctrinaire interpretation. This edition includes a new introduction by the author, as well as an appendix explicating an original psychological interpretation of PaRDeS","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54237787619672,"sku":"9781138519480","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138519480.jpg?v=1769069741","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/between-rationality-and-irrationality","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}