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Kierkegaard's Fear and trembling : a reader's guide / Clare Carlisle.
Van Pelt Library B4373.F793 C37 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carlisle, Clare, 1977-
- Series:
- Continuum reader's guides
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855. Frygt og bæven.
- Kierkegaard, Søren.
- Christianity--Philosophy.
- Christianity.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 212 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, [2010]
- Summary:
- A concise and accessible introduction, this Reader's Guide takes students through Kierkegaard's most important work and a key nineteenth century philosophical text.>
- Contents:
- Foreword
- A note on the text
- Overview of themes and context
- Reading the text
- Preface
- Tuning up
- A tribute to Abraham
- A preliminary outpouring from the heart
- Problem I: is there a teleological suspension of the ethical?
- Problem II: is there an absolute duty to God?
- Problem III: was it ethically defensible for Abraham to conceal his undertaking from Sarah, from Eliezer, from Isaac?
- Epilogue
- Reception and influence.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781847064608
- 1847064604
- 9781847064615
- 1847064612
- OCLC:
- 466343772
- Publisher Number:
- 99939847295
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