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Narrative, identity and the Kierkegaardian self / edited by John Lippitt and Patrick Stokes ; contributors, Roman Altshuler [and twelve others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lippitt, John, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kierkegaard, Sren, 1813-1855.
- Kierkegaard, Sren.
- Self.
- Identity (Philosophical concept).
- Self-knowledge, Theory of.
- Individuality.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 234 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh, [Scotland] : Edinburgh University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Is each of us the main character in a story we tell about ourselves, or is this narrative understanding of selfhood misguided and possibly harmful? Are selves and persons the same thing? And what does the possibility of sudden death mean for our ability to understand the narrative of ourselves?For the first time, this collection brings together figures in contemporary philosophy and Kierkegaard studies to explore pressing questions like these in the philosophy of personal identity and moral psychology. These essays will both advance important ongoing discussions of selfhood and expand the light that, 200 years after his birth, Kierkegaard is still able to shed on contemporary problems.
- Contents:
- The moments of a life : on some similarities between life and literature
- Teleology, narrative and death
- Kierkegaard's Platonic teleology
- Narrative holism and the moment
- Kierkegaard's erotic reduction and the problem of founding the self
- Narrativity and normativity
- The end in the beginning : eschatology in Kierkegaard's literary criticism
- Forgiveness and the rat man : Kierkegaard, 'narrative unity' and 'wholeheartedness' revisited
- The virtues of ambivalence : wholeheartedness as existential telos and the unwillable completion of narrative
- Non-narrative Protestan goods ; Protestan ethics and Kierkegaardian selfhood
- Narrativity, aspect and selfhood
- The senses of an ending
- The end? Kierkegaard's death and its implications for telling his story.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781474412452
- 1474412459
- 9780748694440
- 0748694447
- OCLC:
- 1301548239
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