The concept of irony, with continual reference to Socrates : together with notes of Schelling's Berlin lectures / by Soren Kierkegaard ; edited and translated with introduction and notes by Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.

Contributor:

Hong, Howard V. (Howard Vincent), 1912-2010.

Hong, Edna H. (Edna Hatlestad), 1913-2007.

Series:

Kierkegaard, Soren, 1813-1855. English. 1978 ; Works. 2.

Kierkegaard's writings ; 2

Kierkegaard's Writings

Standardized Title:

Om begrebet ironi. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irony.

Socrates.

Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von, 1775-1854.

Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (663 p.)

Edition:

2nd printing with corrections, 1st paperback.

Other Title:

Concept of irony

Concept of irony.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A work that "not only treats of irony but is irony," wrote a contemporary reviewer of The Concept of Irony, with Continual Reference to Socrates. Presented here with Kierkegaard's notes of the celebrated Berlin lectures on "positive philosophy" by F.W.J. Schelling, the book is a seedbed of Kierkegaard's subsequent work, both stylistically and thematically. Part One concentrates on Socrates, the master ironist, as interpreted by Xenophon, Plato, and Aristophanes, with a word on Hegel and Hegelian categories. Part Two is a more synoptic discussion of the concept of irony in Kierkegaard's categories, with examples from other philosophers and with particular attention given to A. W. Schlegel's novel Lucinde as an epitome of romantic irony. The Concept of Irony and the Notes of Schelling's Berlin Lectures belong to the momentous year 1841, which included not only the completion of Kierkegaard's university work and his sojourn in Berlin, but also the end of his engagement to Regine Olsen and the initial writing of Either/Or.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Historical Introduction

The Concept of Irony, with Continual Reference to Socrates / Kierkegaard, Søren

Theses

Part One. THE POSITION OF SOCRATES VIEWED AS IRONY

Introduction

I. The View Made Possible

II. The Actualization of the View

III. The View Made Necessary

APPENDIX. Hegel's View of Socrates

Part Two. THE CONCEPT OF IRONY

Observations for Orientation

The World-Historical Validity of Irony, the Irony of Socrates

Irony after Fichte

Irony as a Controlled Element, the Truth of Irony

Addendum. NOTES OF SCHELLING'S BERLIN LECTURES

SUPPLEMENT

Key to References

Original Title Pages of The Concept of Irony

Original First Page (manuscript) of Notes of Schelling's Berlin Lectures

Selected Entries from Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers Pertaining to The Concept of Irony

EDITORIAL APPENDIX

Acknowledgments

Collation of The Concept of Irony in the Danish Editions of Kierkegaard's Collected Works

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Translation of: Om begrebet ironi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781299462090

129946209X

9781400846924

1400846927

OCLC:

845249395