Kierkegaard's existential approach / edited by Arne Gron, Rene Rosfort and K. Brian Soderquist.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gron, Arne, editor.

Rosfort, René, editor.

Söderquist, K. Brian, editor.

Series:

Kierkegaard studies. Monograph series ; 35.

Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series ; 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Existentialism.

Philosophy of existence.

Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.

Kierkegaard, Søren.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 pages).

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Recently there has been a growing interest not only in existentialism, but also in existential questions, as well as key figures in existential thinking. Yet despite this renewed interest, a systematic reconsideration of Kierkegaard’s existential approach is missing. This anthology is the first in a series of three that will attempt to fill this lacuna. The 13 chapters of the first anthology deal with various aspects of Kierkegaard's existential approach. Its reception will be examined in the works of influential philsophers such as Heidegger, Gadamer, and Habermas, as well as in lesser known philosophers from the interwar period, such as Jean Wahl, Lev Shestov, and Benjamin Fondane. Other chapters reconsider central notions, such as "anxiety", "existence", "imagination", and "despair". Finally, some chapters deal with Kierkegaard's relevance for central issues in contemporary philosophy, including "naturalism", "self-constitution", and "bioethics". This book is of relevance not only to researchers working in Kierkegaard Studies, but to anyone with an interest in existentialism and existential thinking.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Philosophy of Existence in France in the 1930s

“Thinker without Category”

Existential Hermeneutics

The Concept of Existence

Thinking of Existence

How to be a Human Being in the World

Disclosing Despair: The Role of the Pseudonyms in Kierkegaard’s Existential Approach

Father Kierkegaard

Anxiety as the Origin of Freedom and Responsibility

Concrete Infinity

The Danger of Losing Oneself

What Was I Thinking?

Kierkegaard’s Dual Individual: Reconciling Selfhood in the Existentialist and Analytic Traditions

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 19, 2017).

ISBN:

9783110491012

311049101X

OCLC:

987954003