Task of Hope in Kierkegaard

Zusatztext Admirable Informationen zum Autor Mark Bernier (Ph.D., 2013) is a Humanities Research Associate at the University of California, Irvine. He has taught at the University of California, Irvine, California State University at Fullerton, and Azusa Pacific University. He received an M.A. from Texas A&M, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on the philosophy of religion, the early modern period, and existentialism, especially on the thought of Kierkegaard. He is currently working on an anthology of the concept and history of hope. Klappentext This is a study of the concept of hope in the work of Kierkegaard, a subject whose significance has not been given enough scholarly attention, and which should not be treated simply by reference to other philosophical ideas, or merely as the antithesis of despair. Zusammenfassung This is a study of the concept of hope in the work of Kierkegaard, a subject whose significance has not been given enough scholarly attention, and which should not be treated simply by reference to other philosophical ideas, or merely as the antithesis of despair. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Abbreviations 1: Introduction 2: The Kierkegaardian Self 3: On Despair 4: Despair and Hope 5: The Concept of Hope 6: Hope and the Task of the Self 7: The First Movement of Faith: Infinite Resignation 8: Hope and the Knight of Faith Epilogue Bibliography

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• Authors: Mark Bernier, Mark (Research Associate Bernier, Bernier Mark
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2015
• EAN: 9780198747888
• ISBN: 978-0-19-874788-8
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Religious issues & debates, Philosophy of religion, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Religious issues and debates