Understanding Kierkegaard's Parables

by Russell Hamer

Overview

Kierkegaard is often praised for his poetic writing style. Throughout his works, especially his pseudonymous ones, he often breaks from philosophical prose and instead uses extended metaphors, fairy tales, parables, and allegories. This book, which is the first that directly addresses Kierkegaard's parables, argues that they help the reader undergo transformative change. It asks why Kierkegaard uses parables in a broad sense, how they function as a form of indirect communication, why Kierkegaard must remain secretive about the purpose of the parables, and how this secrecy plays an important role in Kierkegaard's authorship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476643816
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	03/29/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	197
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Russell Hamer teaches at Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland. He has done work in philosophical pedagogy, Kierkegaard, and the intersection of philosophy and pop culture.
Russell Hamer works at Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland. He has done work in philosophical pedagogy, Kierkegaard, and the intersection of philosophy and pop culture.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Kierkegaard the Religious Critic
Chapter 2. Kierkegaard the Illusionist
Chapter 3. Kierkegaard the Poet
Chapter 4. Kierkegaard the Storyteller
Chapter 5. Kierkegaard the Metaphorical Mirror
Postscript
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

...makes an important contribution to scholarship, by refocusing attention on the parabolic form so important to Kierkegaard.”—Thomas Millay, senior research fellow, Hong Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College

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