Both/And : Reading Kierkegaard- From Irony to Edification / Michael Strawser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strawser, Michael, Author.

Series:

Perspectives in Continental Philosophy

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Both/And is a new interpretation of Kierkegaard's writings which attempts to make sense of a very diverse authorship by offering a comprehensive interpretation of both Kierkegaard's so-called aesthetic and his religious writings. Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) stands for a turning point in philosophy from a systematic philosophy - which, with its focus on objectivity, attempts to place itself on the secure path of science - to a "philosophy" that focuses its attention in subjectivity and openly acknowledges itself as fragmentary and provisional. Strawser examines Kierkegaard's works as religious, aesthetic/poetic, and philosophical and argues that irony runs through both the aesthetic and the religious works - indeed, Kierkegaard referred to himself as the Magister of Irony. But Strawser goes beyond these boundaries to draw in the interpretation of Kierkegaard's writing not a line which cuts off the aesthetic from the religious, but connects them. This is what Strawser calls the line from irony to edification. This line is the line of both/and, the line of connection. Strawser addresses the problematic but natural relationship between Kierkegaard and postmodernism and offers exciting possibilities. Strawser believes that contemporary postmodern philosophical considerations aid a critical reading of Kierkegaard, but such a reading must not be overwhelmed by them. Such a comprehensive reading is what Strawser offers the reader in Both/And.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Key to Primary Source References

Introduction: Reading Kierkegaard Philosophically

PART ONE. THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IRONIC METHODOLOGY IN KIERKEGAARD'S EARLY WRITINGS

1 The Genesis of Genius

2 The Original Point of View for Kierkegaard's Activity as a Writer

3 Johannes Climacus' s Meditations on First Philosophy

PART TWO. A LOOK AT THE PSEUDONYMOUS WRITINGS

4 The Problem of Pseudonymity

5 Are the Pseudonymous Views Completely Bogus? On Hartshorne's Kierkegaard: Godly Deceiver

6 The Non

Philosophy of Truth

7 Training in Christian Maieutics

PART THREE. THE VERONYMOUS WRITINGS

8 The ''Indirectness'' of the Signed Writings

9 The Love of Edification and the Edification of Love

Conclusion: Rereading Kierkegaard as a Postmodem Philosopher

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023)

ISBN:

0-8232-9519-2