A Companion to Kierkegaard / Edition 1 available in Hardcover, Paperback, eBook
- ISBN-10:
- 1119090121
- ISBN-13:
- 9781119090120
- Pub. Date:
- 10/23/2023
- Publisher:
- Wiley
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“‘Companions’ to important thinkers help readers focus on the main drift of their texts with the help of a dig into their origin and some account of their reception. This one digs deeper, and over a wider terrain, than most. But it does more. Besides guiding us to the staples of theology and philosophy in Kierkegaard’s background, it also looks forward to a future, as if Kierkegaard, too, might be taken by the arm and told that here was something that should interest him (about politics, social life, psychology, education, literary theory, deconstruction, theatre). It is as much a sign of the extraordinary richness of Kierkegaard’s literary palette as of the now wide currency of his thought that its elements can become topics in their own right, with Kierkegaard their inspiration. Jon Stewart and his authors are to be congratulated for bringing this unique thinker into our living presence on such a scale and with so many things to talk about.”
Alastair Hannay, Professor Emeritus, University of Oslo
Born in Copenhagen in 1813, Søren Kierkegaard produced a remarkable amount of work during his fairly short life. When he died in 1855 he left behind a complex and interdisciplinary legacy that continues to spark academic debate. Edited by one of the world’s leading Kierkegaard scholars, A Companion to Kierkegaard provides the most comprehensive single-volume overview of Kierkegaard studies currently available. Featuring contributions from an international array of scholars, the collection covers all the major topics within the broad field of Kierkegaard research, including philosophy, theology, aesthetics, art, literary theory, social sciences, and politics. Kierkegaard’s contribution to each of these disciplines is illustrated through examination of the sources he drew upon, the reception of his ideas, and the unique conceptual insights he brought to each topic.
A Companion to Kierkegaard demystifies the complex field of Kierkegaard studies providing the ideal entry-point into his writing for readers at all levels. This collection will be an essential tool for students and scholars from across the disciplines who are interested in learning more about this important and influential thinker.
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ISBN-13: | 9781119090120 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 10/23/2023 |
Series: | Blackwell Companions to Philosophy |
Pages: | 544 |
Product dimensions: | 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.21(d) |
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Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors ixAcknowledgments xiii
Chronology of Kierkegaard's Works xiv
List of Abbreviations xviii
Editor's Introduction: Kierkegaard and the Rich Field of Kierkegaard Studies 1
Part I Philosophy 19
A. Sources 21
1 A Shimmering Socrates: Philosophy and Poetry in Kierkegaard's Platonic Authorship 23Jacob Howland
2 Kierkegaard's Use of German Philosophy: Leibniz to Fichte 36Roe Fremstedal
3 Kierkegaard's View of Hegel, His Followers and Critics 50Jon Stewart
4 Kierkegaard's Relations to Danish Philosophy of the Golden Age 66Carl Henrik Koch
B. Reception 81
5 Kierkegaard and Existentialism: From Anxiety to Autonomy 83K. Brian Soderquist
6 Postmodernism and Deconstruction: Paradox, Sacrifice, and the Future of Writing 96Marius Timmann Mjaaland
C. Concepts and Contributions 111
7 Kierkegaard's Views on Normative Ethics, Moral Agency, and Metaethics 113Roe Fremstedal
8 Kierkegaard's Skepticism 126Dario Gonzalez
Part II Theology and Religious Studies 139
A. Sources 141
9 Kierkegaard and Biblical Studies: A Critical Response to Nineteenth-Century Hermeneutics 143Lee C. Barrett
10 Grace and Rigor in Kierkegaard's Reception of the Church Fathers 155Jack Mulder, Jr.
11 Kierkegaard's Mystical and Spiritual Sources: Meister Eckhart to Tersteegen 167Peter Sajda
12 Kierkegaard's Appropriation and Critique of Luther and Lutheranism 180Lee C. Barrett
13 Shapers of Kierkegaard's Danish Church: Mynster, Grundtvig, Martensen 193Curtis L. Thompson
B. Reception 207
14 From Barth to Tillich: Kierkegaard and the Dialectical Theologians 209Heiko Schulz
15 Other Lutheran Theologians Responding Contextually to Kierkegaard 223Curtis L. Thompson
16 Catholicism: Finding Inspiration and Provocation in Kierkegaard 237Christopher B. Barnett and Peter Sajda
C. Concepts and Contributions 251
17 Kierkegaard as Existentialist Dogmatician: Kierkegaard on Systematic Theology, Doctrine, and Dogmatics 253David R. Law
18 Biblical Variations: Kierkegaard's Rewritten "Life of Jesus" 269Iben Damgaard
19 Rethinking Religion Existentially: New Approaches to Classical Problems of Religious Philosophy in Kierkegaard 281Istvan Czako
Part III Aesthetics, the Arts, and Literary Theory 295
A. Sources 297
20 Kierkegaard's Use of German Literature 299Joachim Grage
21 Kierkegaard and the Aesthetics of the Danish Golden Age 311Nathaniel Kramer
B. Reception 325
22 Literature and (Anti) Humanism 327Poul Houe
23 Kierkegaard's Influence on Literary Criticism and Theory: Irony, Repetition, Silence 341J.D. Mininger
C. Concepts and Contributions 353
24 Existence and the Aesthetic Forms 355Dario Gonzalez
25 Kierkegaard's Theatrical Aesthetic from Repetition to Imitation 367Timothy Stock
Part IV Social Sciences and Politics 381
A. Sources 383
26 Politics, Society, and Theology in Golden Age Denmark: Key Themes and Figures 385Stephen Backhouse
27 Reflections on Late Modernity: Kierkegaard in the "Present Age" 399Daniel Conway
B. Reception 413
28 Between Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology: The Insider/Outsider Self 415Simon D. Podmore
29 Kierkegaard's Social-Political Posterity: A Still Unnavigated Maze 435Leo Stan
C. Concepts and Contributions 451
30 Kierkegaard's Conception of Psychology: How to Understand It and Why It Still Matters 453Rene Rosfort
31 Kierkegaard and the Limits of Philosophical Anthropology 468Jamie Turnbull
32 Prolegomena for Thinking of Kierkegaard as a Social and Political Philosopher 480J. Michael Tilley
33 Making Kierkegaard Relevant to Education Today 490Timothy Hall
Index 502