Furkalo V. The phenomenon of the Hasidism: its nature and historicals transformations.

The dissertation focuses on the analysis of the Hasidism as a direction of the Jewish tradition in its substantial characteristics and its retrospective. An analytical review of research literature and historical sources on the problem of the Hasidism is carried out. Political, economic, psychological reasons and mystical ideas caused the emergence of this direction are elucidated. The peculiarities of the formation of the Hasidism dogma principles and its transformation into the ideological Jewish direction are considered. The Hasidism movement typology done by means of distinguishing its conceptualistic forms is suggested. The Hasidism doctrine and cult peculiarities connected with the activity of the founders of some directions of this movement are systematized. The reconstruction of the historical movement of the Hasidism and its varieties is carried out and the ideological potential of the directions of the Hasidism with its conflict of mystical and rational elements is considered.