Feminist Interpretations Of S Ren Kierkegaard

Author : Céline Léon,Sylvia Walsh
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0271043237

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Feminist Interpretations of S¿ren Kierkegaard by Céline Léon,Sylvia Walsh Pdf

Even though Kierkegaard insisted on the fundamental equality of the sexes before God, his entire production is highly problematic for feminism. To a great degree, this is due to his tendency to write under a pseudonym. In this collection of 14 articles, contributors take varying stands on the question of whether Kierkegaard's work was indicative of misogyny or misogamy. Topics of discussion include Kierkegaard's notion of the "double nature" of woman and of the "silent woman," his idea of masculine indifference, and his use of irony in his critique of the feminine. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Céline León
Publisher : Mercer University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0881461032

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The Neither/nor of the Second Sex by Céline León Pdf

Although Kierkegaad provided many a puzzle for his biographers, one would be wrong to assume Kierkegaard invariably lied when he claimed to be telling the truth. Tying Kierkegaard's baffling misogyny, and ultimately his misogamy, to the existence of an inner mysterium, The Neither/Nor of the Second Sex navigates between the Charybdis of an allegedly insurmountable gulf between works and biography and the Scylla of the biographical fallacy, a peril whose threat raised greater alarms in Kierkegaard. Celine Leon draws her conclusions by paying close attention to the texts and by carefully distinguishing between author and pseudonyms. She only brings works and life together when Kierkegaard ambivalently plays with the former in order to impart something of the secret lying at the core of his being, to reverse Sartre's famous formulation, to communicate at the heart of hiddenness. Leon shows how Kierkegaard-a writer whose views on other subjects she holds in high regard-projected his lack onto a particular woman, Regina Olsen, his one time fiancee and lifelong obsession, then onto all women, and ultimately, regarding his own exceptional status as normative, elected to ban the heterosexual relation altogether. This is not, however, the same as saying that-notwithstanding the religious development and the enormous production whose twin onset he ascribed to the rupture with Regina-Kierkegaard did not do so at an egregious personal cost. Book jacket.

Author : Deidre Nicole Green
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3161548450

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Works of Love in a World of Violence by Deidre Nicole Green Pdf

"As she constructively engages feminist critiques of Christianity's complicity in violence, Deidre Nicole Green challenges traditional beliefs that self-sacrifice amounts to love and that suffering is inherently redemptive by arguing for a Kierkegaardian conceptions of Christian love that limits self-sacrifice." -- Back cover.

Author : Patricia Jagentowicz Mills
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780271042169

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Feminist Interpretations of G. W. F. Hegel by Patricia Jagentowicz Mills Pdf

Author : Aage Jørgensen
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788763530286

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Søren Kierkegaard Literature, 1956-2006 by Aage Jørgensen Pdf

This bibliography on Sren Kierkegaard carries on the work of Jens Himmelstrup's international bibliography (1962). It collates everything written about Kierkegaard - books, contributions to edited collections, and journals - and also features an appendix of primary text editions and translations. Discussion notes, reviews, etc., are catalogued according to the items they refer to. The bibliography contains more than 5,600 primary entries and is a testament to the expanding worldwide interest in the Danish philosopher. It also remedies the deeply-felt need for a collected overview of the extensive literature on Kierkegaard.

Author : Amy Laura Hall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521893119

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Kierkegaard and the Treachery of Love by Amy Laura Hall Pdf

A major study of Kierkegaard and love exploring his description of love's treachery, difficulty, and hope.

Author : Sylvia Walsh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107180581

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Kierkegaard and Religion by Sylvia Walsh Pdf

Focusing on the concepts of personality, character, and virtue, this work examines what it means to exist religiously for Kierkegaard.

Author : Tina Chanter
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0271044152

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Feminist Interpretations of Emmanuel Levinas by Tina Chanter Pdf

This volume of essays, all but one previously unpublished, investigates the question of Levinas&’s relationship to feminist thought. Levinas, known as the philosopher of the Other, was famously portrayed by Simone de Beauvoir as a patriarchal thinker who denigrated women by viewing them as the paradigmatic Other. Reconsideration of the validity of this interpretation of Levinas and exploration of what more positively can be derived from his thought for feminism are two of this volume&’s primary aims. Levinas breaks with Heidegger&’s phenomenology by understanding the ethical relation to the Other, the face-to-face, as exceeding the language of ontology. The ethical orientation of Levinas&’s philosophy assumes a subject who lives in a world of enjoyment, a world that is made accessible through the dwelling. The feminine presence presides over this dwelling, and the feminine face represents the first welcome. How is this feminine face to be understood? Does it provide a model for the infinite obligation to the Other, or is it a proto-ethical relation? The essays in this volume investigate this dilemma. Contributors are Alison Ainley, Diane Brody, Catherine Chalier, Luce Irigaray, Claire Katz, Kelly Oliver, Diane Perpich, Stella Sandford, Sonya Sikka, and Ewa Ziarek.

Author : Tom Grimwood
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443843799

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Irony, Misogyny and Interpretation by Tom Grimwood Pdf

What is it to claim that “misogyny” might be “ironic”? Why is it that, in the works of Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and Schopenhauer, the possibility of irony constantly interferes with a conclusive ethical judgement over the meaning of their “misogyny”? How do we hold our interpretations of such ambiguous texts ethically accountable? This book brings together the driving concerns of hermeneutics, feminist philosophy and the history of philosophy in dealing with the “problem of irony”. It develops a thematic account of the concept of irony as a philosophical form of interpretation, and explores this through close readings of three key sites of controversy regarding the relationship between irony and misogyny: Schopenhauer’s “On Women”, Kierkegaard’s “In Vino Veritas” and Nietzsche’s “Woman and Child”. Far from a distraction from or “excuse” for misogyny, the book argues that ironic ambiguity is a formative aspect of all three texts; and explores the different ways in which the authority of Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche are constructed in terms of the problem of irony.

Author : James Rovira
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441114525

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Blake and Kierkegaard by James Rovira Pdf

This study applies Kierkegaardian anxiety to Blake's creation myths to explain how Romantic era creation narratives are a reaction to Enlightenment models of personality.

Author : Margaret D. Kamitsuka
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190295196

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Feminist Theology and the Challenge of Difference by Margaret D. Kamitsuka Pdf

In the early years of contesting patriarchy in the academy and religious institutions, feminist theology often presented itself as a unified front, a sisterhood. The term "feminist theology," however, is misleading. It suggests a singular feminist purpose driven by a unified female cultural identity that struggles as a cohesive whole against patriarchal dominance. Upon closer inspection, the voice of feminist theology is in fact a chorus of diverging perspectives, each informed by a variety of individual and communal experiences, and an embattled scholarly field, marked by the effects of privilege and power imbalances. This complexity raises an important question: How can feminist theologians respect the irreducible diversity of women's experiences and unmask entrenched forms of privilege in feminist theological discourse? In Feminist Theology and the Challenge of Difference, Margaret D. Kamitsuka urges the feminist theological community to examine critically its most deeply held commitments, assumptions, and goals-especially those of feminist theologians writing from positions of privilege as white or heterosexual women. Focusing on women's experience as portrayed in literature, biblical narrative, and ethnographic writing, Kamitsuka examines the assumptions of feminist theology regarding race and sexuality. She proposes theoretical tools that feminist theologians can employ to identify and hopefully avoid the imposition of racial or sexual hegemony, thus providing invaluable complexity to the movement's identity, and ultimately contributing to current and future Christian theological issues. Blending poststructuralist and postcolonial theoretical resources with feminist and queer concerns, Feminist Theology and the Challenge of Difference makes constructive theological proposals, ranging from sin to christology. The text calls feminist theologians to a more rigorous self-critical approach as they continue to shape the changing face of Christian theological discourse.

Author : Katalin Nun,Jon Stewart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351874878

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Volume 16, Tome I: Kierkegaard's Literary Figures and Motifs by Katalin Nun,Jon Stewart Pdf

While Kierkegaard is perhaps known best as a religious thinker and philosopher, there is an unmistakable literary element in his writings. He often explains complex concepts and ideas by using literary figures and motifs that he could assume his readers would have some familiarity with. This dimension of his thought has served to make his writings far more popular than those of other philosophers and theologians, but at the same time it has made their interpretation more complex. Kierkegaard readers are generally aware of his interest in figures such as Faust or the Wandering Jew, but they rarely have a full appreciation of the vast extent of his use of characters from different literary periods and traditions. The present volume is dedicated to the treatment of the variety of literary figures and motifs used by Kierkegaard. The volume is arranged alphabetically by name, with Tome I covering figures and motifs from Agamemnon to Guadalquivir.

Author : Professor Edward F Mooney
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781409477600

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On Søren Kierkegaard by Professor Edward F Mooney Pdf

Tracing a path through Kierkegaard's writings, this book brings the reader into close contact with the texts and purposes of this remarkable 19th-century Danish writer and thinker. Kierkegaard writes in a number of voices and registers: as a sharp observer and critic of Danish culture, or as a moral psychologist, and as a writer concerned to evoke the religious way of life of Socrates, Abraham, or a Christian exemplar. In developing these themes, Mooney sketches Kierkegaard's Socratic vocation, gives a close reading of several central texts, and traces "The Ethical Sublime" as a recurrent theme. He unfolds an affirmative relationship between philosophy and theology and the potentialities for a religiousness that defies dogmatic creeds, secular chauvinisms, and restrictive philosophies.

Author : Edward F. Mooney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351913768

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On Søren Kierkegaard by Edward F. Mooney Pdf

Tracing a path through Kierkegaard's writings, this book brings the reader into close contact with the texts and purposes of this remarkable 19th century Danish writer and thinker. Kierkegaard writes in a number of voices and registers: as a sharp observer and critic of Danish culture, or as a moral psychologist, and as a writer concerned to evoke the religious way of life of Socrates, Abraham, or a Christian exemplar. In developing these themes, Mooney sketches Kierkegaard's Socratic vocation, gives a close reading of several central texts, and traces 'The Ethical Sublime' as a recurrent theme. He unfolds an affirmative relationship between philosophy and theology and the potentialities for a religiousness that defies dogmatic creeds, secular chauvinisms, and restrictive philosophies.

Author : Jon Stewart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351653886

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Volume 18, Tome III: Kierkegaard Secondary Literature by Jon Stewart Pdf

In recent years interest in the thought of Kierkegaard has grown dramatically, and with it the body of secondary literature has expanded so quickly that it has become impossible for even the most conscientious scholar to keep pace. The problem of the explosion of secondary literature is made more acute by the fact that much of what is written about Kierkegaard appears in languages that most Kierkegaard scholars do not know. Kierkegaard has become a global phenomenon, and new research traditions have emerged in different languages, countries and regions. The present volume is dedicated to trying to help to resolve these two problems in Kierkegaard studies. Its purpose is, first, to provide book reviews of some of the leading monographic studies in the Kierkegaard secondary literature so as to assist the community of scholars to become familiar with the works that they have not read for themselves. The aim is thus to offer students and scholars of Kierkegaard a comprehensive survey of works that have played a more or less significant role in the research. Second, the present volume also tries to make accessible many works in the Kierkegaard secondary literature that are written in different languages and thus to give a glimpse into various and lesser-known research traditions. The six tomes of the present volume present reviews of works written in Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, and Swedish.