Kierkegaard's upbuilding discourses : philosophy, theology, and literature / George Pattison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pattison, George, 1950-

Series:

Routledge studies in nineteenth-century philosophy ; 2.

Routledge studies in nineteenth-century philosophy ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kierkegaard, Sren, 1813-1855.

Kierkegaard, Sren.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 228 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

George Pattison provides a reassessment of Kierkegaard's Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses and our reading of his work as a whole.

George Pattison provides a bold and innovative reassessment of Kierkegaard's neglected Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses and reading of his work as a whole. The first full length assessment of the discourses in English, this volume will be essential reading for philosophers and theologians, and anyone interested in Kierkegaard and the history of philosophy. George Pattison provides a bold and innovative reassessment of Kierkegaard's neglected Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses and reading of his work as a whole. The first full length assessment of the discourses in English, this volume will be essential reading for philosophers and theologians, and anyone interested in Kierkegaard and the history of philosophy.

Contents:

1. Kierkegaard's right hand

2. The human condition

3. Dialectics, phenomenology and the sublime

4. Before God

5. The language of upbuilding

6. The rhetorics of the upbuilding discourses

7. Building up love's ruins

8. Love's witness.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-223) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-45517-8

0-415-86831-9

1-134-45518-6

1-280-21779-0

0-203-21657-1

9780203216576

OCLC:

475878564