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Damnation and Deviance

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Failure

  • Paperback
  • 256 pages
  • Publisher: Transaction Publishers
  • 15.3 x 22.6 x 1.5 cm

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The Calvinist view that man is predestined to be among the elect or the damned has profoundly influenced not only our views of criminals and deviants, but also the theoretical basis of correctional methods and psychotherapeutic techniques. In this provocative and original volume, Mordechai Rotenberg examines the impact of Protestant doctrine on Western theories of deviance, He explores the inherent contradiction between Protestant ethics, with its view of human nature as predestinated, and the "people-changing" sciences. Rotenberg presents empirical studies that show how people's tendency to label themselves and others as deviant can be predicted on the basis of their exposure to Western socialization. He contrasts alienating individuals, the result of competitiveness and exaggerated independence fostered by socialization in Protestant societies, to the reciprocal individualism of Hassidic, Japanese, and other non-Western cultures. Examining the Protestant "bias" of Western behavioral sciences, Rotenberg examines modern theories of deviance and proposes alternative models.He compares traditional past-oriented insight therapy, grounded in Calvinist methods of introspection, self-torment, and conversion, with Hassidic notions of redemption and salvation.
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  • Title

    Damnation and Deviance

  • Author

    Mordechai Rotenberg

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Transaction Publishers

  • Published

    March 2003

  • Edition

    New edition

  • Weight

    350g

  • Page Count

    256

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.6 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9780765809889

  • ISBN-10

    0765809885

  • Eden Code

    1193763