Kierkegaard

In this outstanding introduction to Kierkegaard's thought Paul Muench provides a thorough and accessible way into this cryptic and multi-faceted thinker. Including chapter summaries, annotated further reading and a glossary of technical terms this is an ideal introduction to Kierkegaard for anyone coming to his work for the first time.

List of contents

1. Life and Works 2. Irony as a Way of Life 3. A Nineteenth-Century Socrates 4. Becoming a Christian and the Method of Indirect Communication 5. From the Aesthetic to Christianity: Aesthetic, Ethical, and Religious Life-Views 6. From Speculative Philosophy to Christianity: Johannes Climacus, Socratic Pseudonym 7. From Speculative Philosophy to Christianity, Part Two: Socratic and Christian Conceptions of Moral and Religious Truth 8. From Speculative Philosophy to Christianity, Part Three: Socratic and Christian Conceptions of Subjectivity 9. Later Writings Conclusion. Index

Summary

In this outstanding introduction to Kierkegaard’s thought Paul Muench provides a thorough and accessible way into this cryptic and multi-faceted thinker. Including chapter summaries, annotated further reading and a glossary of technical terms this is an ideal introduction to Kierkegaard for anyone coming to his work for the first time.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Muench
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.05.2024, delayed
• EAN: 9780415339780
• ISBN: 978-0-415-33978-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: The Routledge Philosophers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism