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Kierkegaard, communication, and virtue : authorship as edification / Mark A. Tietjen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tietjen, Mark A.
- Series:
- Indiana series in the philosophy of religion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.
- Kierkegaard, Søren.
- Physical Description:
- pages cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- In contrast to recent postmodern and deconstructionist readings, Mark A. Tietjen believes that the purpose behind Kierkegaard's writings is the moral and religious improvement of the reader. Tietjen defends Kierkegaard against claims that certain features of his works, such as pseudonymity, indirect communication, irony, and satire are self-deceived or deceitful. Kierkegaard, Communication, and Virtue reveals how they are directly related to the virtues of moral issues being discussed. In fact, Tietjen argues, the manner of presentation is a critical element of the philosophical message being conveyed. Reading broadly in Kierkegaard's writings, he develops a hermeneutics of trust that fully illustrates Kierkegaard's aim to evoke faith in his reader. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I Jest and/or Earnestness
- 1 Blunt Reading 17
- 2 Alternatives to Difference 33
- 3 Communicating Capability 49
- Part II Suspicion or Trust
- 4 Deconstructing The Point of View 61
- 5 Trusting The Point of View 75
- Part III Faith and Virtue
- 6 The Pseudonymous Dialectic of Faith, I 89
- 7 The Pseudonymous Dialectic of Faith, II 101.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780253008541
- 0253008549
- 9780253008626
- 025300862X
- 9780253008718
- 0253008719
- OCLC:
- 793571889
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