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The philosophy of Kierkegaard / George Pattison.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Continental European philosophyPublication details: Chesham : Acumen, 2005.Description: xii, 205 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781844650309 (hbk.)
  • 1844650308 (hbk.)
  • 9781844650316 (pbk.)
  • 9781032032511
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 198.9 PAT
Contents:
Cover Page Half Title page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations and forms of reference Introduction Kierkegaard and philosophy 1 Existence 2 Anxiety 3 The good 4 The infinite qualitative difference and the absolute paradox Epilogue The Christian witness and the simple wise man of ancient times Notes Guide to further reading Index
Summary: Although the ideas of Soren Kierkegaard played a pivotal role in the shaping of mainstream German philosophy and the history of French existentialism, the question of how philosophers should read Kierkegaard is a difficult one to settle. His intransigent religiosity has led some philosophers to view him as essentially a religious thinker of a singularly anti-philosophical attitude who should be left to the theologians. In this major new survey of Kierkegaard's thought, George Pattison addresses this question head on and shows that although it would be difficult to claim a "philosophy of Kierkegaard" as one could a philosophy of Kant, or of Hegel, there are nevertheless significant points of common interest between Kierkegaard's central thinking and the questions that concern philosophers today. The challenge of self-knowledge in an age of moral and intellectual uncertainty that lies at the heart of Kierkegaard's writings remains as important today as it did in the culture of post-Enlightenment modernity.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-195) and index.

Cover Page
Half Title page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and forms of reference
Introduction Kierkegaard and philosophy
1 Existence
2 Anxiety
3 The good
4 The infinite qualitative difference and the absolute paradox
Epilogue The Christian witness and the simple wise man of ancient times
Notes
Guide to further reading
Index

Although the ideas of Soren Kierkegaard played a pivotal role in the shaping of mainstream German philosophy and the history of French existentialism, the question of how philosophers should read Kierkegaard is a difficult one to settle. His intransigent religiosity has led some philosophers to view him as essentially a religious thinker of a singularly anti-philosophical attitude who should be left to the theologians. In this major new survey of Kierkegaard's thought, George Pattison addresses this question head on and shows that although it would be difficult to claim a "philosophy of Kierkegaard" as one could a philosophy of Kant, or of Hegel, there are nevertheless significant points of common interest between Kierkegaard's central thinking and the questions that concern philosophers today. The challenge of self-knowledge in an age of moral and intellectual uncertainty that lies at the heart of Kierkegaard's writings remains as important today as it did in the culture of post-Enlightenment modernity.

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