The Sickness Unto Death A New Translation

First published in 1849 under the pseudonym "Anti-Climacus," Søren Kierkegaard's The Sickness unto Death endures as a seminal text in the history of theology and moral philosophy, and an essential companion to his earlier works. Beginning with the biblical story of Lazarus, whom Jesus miraculously raised from the dead, Kierkegaard here presents his explication of despair as the "sickness unto death," that is, a sickness not of the body, but of the spirit, and thus, of the self. A dramatic "medical history" of the course of this sickness, The Sickness unto Death culminates, as all medical histories do, in a crisis, a turning point at which the self, the patient, either realises or abandons itself. Masterfully translated by Bruce H. Kirmmse, with his "historian's eye" and "craftsman's feel for the challenges of Kierkegaard's syntax" (Vanessa Parks Rumble), this trenchant, explosive inquiry into the human soul spares no one, not even its author.

About the author

Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) was a Danish philosopher and theologian whose work has been widely recognized as foundational both to modern psychology and existentialism.A professor emeritus at Connecticut College, Bruce H. Kirmmse has published several books and numerous articles on Kierkegaard and is general editor of Kierkegaard’s Journals and Notebooks. He lives in Randolph, New Hampshire, and Copenhagen, Denmark.

Product details

• Authors: Soren Kierkegaard, Søren Kierkegaard
• Assisted by: Bruce H. Kirmmse (Translation), Bruce H. (Connecticut College) Kirmmse (Translation), Bruce H Kirmmse (Translation), Kirmmse Bruce H. (Translation)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 20.04.2023
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works
• EAN: 9781324091240
• ISBN: 978-1-324-09124-0
• Dimensions (packing): 14.7 x 21.8 x 2.3 cm
• Weight (packing): 366 g
• Subjects: PHILOSOPHY / General; Philosophy