Kierkegaard''s Either/or - A Critical Guide

"Either/Or is Kierkegaard's first major work and arguably his most virtuosic. This critical guide strikes new ground in our understanding of both the work and Kierkegaard's authorship as a whole, with substantial discussions of issues in aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, phenomenology, and philosophy of religion"--

List of contents

Introduction Ryan S. Kemp and Walter Wietzke; 1. Existential melancholia: the affective psychology of the 'Diapsalmata' in Either/Or Rick Anthony Furtak and Ruth Rebecca Tietjen; 2. Don Giovanni and the musical-erotic Fred Rush; 3. For what may the aesthete hope? Focus and standstill in 'the unhappiest one' and 'rotation of crops' Elizabeth Li and Andrew Chignell; 4. Companions in guilt: aestheticism and cartesianism as two sides of the same coin Genia Schönbaumsfeld; 5. A's religion of boredom Antón Barba-Kay; 6. The artist is not present: metaphysical performance in the diary of the seducer Noreen Khawaja; 7. Failed temporalities in Patrick Stokes; 8. Love, marriage and delusion in Either/Or Walter Wietzke; 9. The philosophy of science in Either/Or Hans Halvorson; 10. The despair of judge William Sharon Krishek; 11. The problem of evil in Either/Or: a religious-aesthetic debate Ulrika Carlsson; 12. Illusions of ethical independence: the last word in Either/Or Daniel Watts; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

Either/Or is Kierkegaard's first major work and arguably his most virtuosic. This Critical Guide strikes new ground in our understanding of both the work and Kierkegaard's authorship as a whole, with substantial discussions of issues in aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, phenomenology, and philosophy of religion.

Foreword

This collection of essays strikes new ground in our understanding of Kierkegaard's Either/Or and his authorship as a whole.

Product details

• Authors: Ryan S. (Wheaton College Kemp
• Assisted by: Ryan S. Kemp (Editor), Walter Wietzke (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781009066945
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0906694-5
• No. of pages: 263
• Series: Cambridge Critical Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Popular philosophy, Topics in philosophy, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought