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Kierkegaard's concept of anxiety / George Pattison
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pattison, George, 1950- author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard
- Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard, 3033-4977
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855. Begrebet angest.
- Kierkegaard, Søren.
- Anxiety--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Anxiety.
- Anxiety--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026
- Summary:
- "With reference to Kierkegaard's religious writings and other pseudonymous works, Kierkegaard's concept of anxiety is explored with a primary focus on the book The Concept of Anxiety. Anxiety itself is shown to be the eminent term for a moment in the human being's psychological development that Kierkegaard also discusses in other terms. In particular, it is the mode in which human being's apprehension of their possible freedom first appears in consciousness and, as such, is not to be confused with pathological anxiety, melancholy, or other negative states. At the same time, Kierkegaard regards human beings as typically failing to realize the possibility of freedom and when this happens anxiety becomes the trigger for despair or sin. The Element concludes by considering the influence of Kierkegaard on discussions of anxiety in Heidegger, Sartre, and Tillich and the relevance of his analysis to the contemporary crisis of social anxiety"-- Cambridge Core
- Contents:
- Terminology
- Methodology
- Anxiety and the self
- Anxiety and time
- Anxiety and sex
- The genius and the possessed
- Anxiety and sin
- Case studies in anxiety
- Anxiety in the life of Søren Kierkegaard
- Anxiety after Kierkegaard
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed July 20, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Pattison, George, 1950- Kierkegaard's concept of anxiety
- ISBN:
- 9781009591638
- 1009591630
- OCLC:
- 1604676350
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000406768
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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