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Kierkegaard on the Philosophy of History / by G. Patios.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patios, G., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historiography.
- History--Methodology.
- History.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Idealism, German.
- Historiography and Method.
- Political Philosophy.
- Social Philosophy.
- Early Modern Philosophy.
- Philosophical Traditions.
- German Idealism.
- Local Subjects:
- Historiography and Method.
- Political Philosophy.
- Social Philosophy.
- Early Modern Philosophy.
- Philosophical Traditions.
- German Idealism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- History doesn't have to mean only an effort to know the past. It can be instead, according to Kierkegaard, a willful and personal choice regarding the creation of the future. Kierkegaard offers us an amazing new approach to the problem of what is history and who makes it.
- Contents:
- Cover ; Half-Title; Title; Copyrights; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Hegel's Philosophy of History; Introduction; The Hegelian enigma; The varieties of historical writing; Reason in history; Conclusion; 2 Kierkegaard's Concept of History; Introduction; The 'Interlude'; The context to the 'Interlude'; Doubt, belief, will, and freedom in history; Epilogue; 3 The Structure of the Kierkegaardian 'Self'; Introduction; Freedom and necessity, temporality and eternity; The human self; Eternity, God and despair; Anxiety; Possibility as anxiety
- Anxiety as the result of a synthesisEternity and moment; Despair; Existential freedom; Despair and faith; Human/Political self; Conclusion; 4 Hegel's Philosophy of History and Kierkegaard's Concept of History: A Synthesis Instead of a Confrontation; Introduction; Hegelian claims on history; Reason; Knowledge of the past; Order and meaning in history; God's providence; Incarnation and history; Hegelian freedom and necessity; Individuals in history; Conclusion; Kierkegaardian claims; Kierkegaardian concept of history; Kierkegaard and the Incarnation; Freedom as opposite to logical necessity
- Human consciousness and historyNecessity in (past) history; Doubt; Belief; The historical; Historical knowledge; My arguments; Conclusion; Hegel and Kierkegaard: a possible synthesis; Kierkegaard's relations to Hegel re-reconsidered; Niels Thulstrup; Jon Stewart; Jean-Paul Sartre; Mark C. Taylor; James Bogen; Peter J. Mehl; Merold Westphal; Unhappy consciousness; Epilogue; 5 Heidegger's Response to the Problem of History; Introduction; Part I; Part II; Part III; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349480463
- 1349480460
- 9781137383280
- 1137383283
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