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

Indiana series in the philosophy of religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy and religion.

Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.

Kierkegaard, Søren.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

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 or moral issues being discussed. In fact, Tietjen argues, the manner of presentation is a critical element of the philosophical message bei

Contents:

Cover; KIERKEGAARD, COMMUNICATION, AND VIRTUE; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Sigla; Introduction: Philosophy and Edification; Part I. Jest and/or Earnestness; 1 Blunt Reading; 2 Alternatives to Différance; 3 Communicating Capability; Part II. Suspicion or Trust; 4 Deconstructing The Point of View; 5 Trusting The Point of View; Part III. Faith and Virtue; 6 The Pseudonymous Dialectic of Faith, I; 7 The Pseudonymous Dialectic of Faith, II; Conclusions: Kierkegaard, Virtue, and Edification; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780253008718

0253008719

OCLC:

849787667