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Kierkegaardian Essays
A Festschrift in Honour of George Pattison, Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series 31
ISBN/EAN: 9783110741995
Umbreit-Nr.: 2596791
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: XIV, 218 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 03.05.2022
Auflage: 1/2022
- Zusatztext
- Søren Kierkegaard argued that the most essential truths come to light by asking "How?" This innovative collection of essays by leading scholars focuses on this questioning "How?", asking how we should relate to ourselves, to others, and to God; how we should be in the world; how we can become human. The result is a searching, original colloquium on what it means to be Kierkegaardian in the 21st century. The adjective "Kierkegaardian" names many possibilities: ways of philosophizing, choosing, loving, looking, listening, reading, writing, teaching, making art, praying, going to church - or not going to church. "How" gestures to subjectivity, one of Kierkegaards most fundamental philosophical categories, while "What" signals an objectifying line of thought. The authors of these essays suggest that the crucial Kierkegaardian question is not what we are and ought to do, but how we can remain true to the finitude, passivity, and ambiguity of human existence. While this Kierkegaardian "how" is often acknowledged by scholars, it is rarely thematized directly. Attending to it elicits new kinds of argument and reflection. Kierkegaardian Essays proposes a fresh approach to Kierkegaard, and is essential reading for experts and students alike.
- Autorenportrait
- Clare Carlisle, King's College London, London and Steven Shakespeare, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK.