Humour and irony in Kierkegaard's thought / John Lippitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lippitt, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855--Criticism and interpretation.

Kierkegaard, Søren.

Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.

Irony.

Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855--Humor.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xii, 210 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

Irony, humor and the comic play vital yet under-appreciated roles in Kierkegaard's thought. Focusing upon the "Concluding Unscientific Postscript," this book investigates these roles, relating irony and humor as forms of the comic to central Kierkegaardian themes. How does the comic function as a form of "indirect communication"? What roles can irony and humor play in the infamous Kierkegaardian "leap"? Do certain forms of wisdom depend upon possessing a sense of humor? And is such a sense of humor thus a genuine virtue?

Contents:

2 Illusion and Satire: Climacus as Satirist 12

3 Moral Perfectionism and Exemplars 27

4 Climacus as Humorist 47

5 The Comic and the Existence-Spheres 72

6 Imagination, 'Transforming Vision' and the Comic 104

7 The Legitimacy of the Comic 121

8 Irony and the Subjective Thinker 135

9 Humour, Religion and the Virtues 158.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-205) and index.

ISBN:

0312234740

OCLC:

43656982