Kierkegaard's analysis of radical evil / David Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, David, 1962-

Series:

Continuum Studies in Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Good and evil.

Ethics.

Kierkegaard, Sren, 1813-1855.

Kierkegaard, Sren.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For thousands of years philosophers and theologians have grappled with the problem of evil. Traditionally, evil has been seen as a weakness of sorts: the evil person is either ignorant, or weak-willed. But in the most horrifying acts of evil, the perpetrators are resolute, deliberate, and well aware of the pain they are causing. Here David Roberts painstakingly details the matrix of issues that evolved into Kierkegaard's own solution. Kierkegaard's psychological understanding of evil is that it arises out of despair - a despair that can become so vehement and ferocious that it lashes out at ex

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; An Historical Introduction: Kant and Schelling on Radical Evil; The Struggle of Self-Becoming: Spiritless Self-Evasion; The Despair of the Aesthetic Stage of Existence; Ethical Self-Choice; The Final Movement Toward Defiance: Infinite Resignation; Defiance: The Essence of Radical Evil; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-156) and index.

ISBN:

9786611295028

9781281295026

1281295027

9781847143709

1847143709

OCLC:

290596148