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Kierkegaard's Two ages : a literary review / Lee C. Barrett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barrett, Lee C., author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard, 3033-4977.
- Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard, 3033-4977
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.
- Kierkegaard, Søren.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (68 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- This Element explores Kierkegaard's Two Ages, his literary review of a contemporary novella, situating it in the context of his other writings from the same period of his life and his cultural/political context. It investigates his review's analysis of the vices and virtues of romance and political associations, which he treats in parallel fashion. It traces a theme that certain types of both romance and political association can foster virtues that are necessary for the religious life, although the political ethos of his contemporary age mostly encouraged vices.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Imprints page
- Kierkegaard's Two Ages: A Literary Review
- Contents
- Introduction: Kierkegaard on Romance and Political Community
- 1 The Significance of Kierkegaard's Two Ages
- The Challenge of Reading Kierkegaard
- A Different Way of Relating Human Sociability and Christian Love
- 2 A Plethora of Interpretations: Kierkegaard on Human Sociability
- The Disjunctive Kierkegaard
- The Conjunctive Kierkegaard
- 3 An Interpretive Alternative: Kierkegaard's Preparatory Virtues
- Virtue Pedagogy
- The Virtues in Two Ages
- 4 The Unique Features of Two Ages: A Literary Review
- The Author, the Text, and the Reviewer
- Romance, Marriage, and Civil Society in Kierkegaard's Denmark
- The Significance of a Life-View
- An Appreciation of Romance and Civic Community
- 5 The Uniqueness of This Life-View
- What This Life-View Is Not
- What This Life-View Is
- 6 The Virtues of True Romance
- On the Boundary of the Aesthetic and the Religious
- A Qualified Resignation
- Earnestness and Actuality
- The Virtue of Patience
- The Virtue of Devotion
- The Meta-Virtue of Inwardness
- The Meta-Virtue of Willing One Thing
- 7 Two Ages and the Spheres of the Private and the Public
- The Reflection of the Public in the Private
- The Differences among the Virtues of the Two Ages
- Passion and Reflection
- 8 The Formative Power of Cultural and Political Life
- The Pedagogy of Civil Associations
- The Political Context of Two Ages
- Kierkegaard's Explicit Responses to the Political/Cultural Situation
- A Virtue-nurturing Political Culture
- 9 The Virtues of the Age of Revolution
- The Passion of the Revolutionary Age
- Form and Culture
- The Virtue of Single-Mindedness
- Intentionality and Responsibility
- Self-Sacrifice
- Self-Discipline and Self-Direction
- Decisiveness
- Constancy.
- An Alternative Form of Political Community
- The Epidemic of Envy
- The Evils of Leveling
- The Corrosive Effects of Chatter and Publicity
- Voyeurism, Exhibitionism, and Pretense
- The Plague of Shrewdness
- Vicious Cultural Phenomena: The Public and the Crowd
- Vicious Institutions: The Press
- Subjectivity-promoting Political Cultures
- The Virtues and Vices of Denmark
- The Reform of Institutions
- The Martyr's Pedagogy
- 11 Conclusion
- Sigla for Kierkegaard's Works
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Aug 2025).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-009-54744-5
- 1-009-54745-3
- 1-009-54746-1
- OCLC:
- 1574121211
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