Kierkegaardian Phenomenologies

Author : J. Aaron Simmons,Jeffrey Hanson,Wojciech Kaftanski
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781666942330

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Kierkegaardian Phenomenologies by J. Aaron Simmons,Jeffrey Hanson,Wojciech Kaftanski Pdf

Kierkegaardian Phenomenologies, edited by J. Aaron Simmons, Jeffrey Hanson, and Wojciech Kaftanski, offers a substantive, diverse, and timely consideration of phenomenological engagements within the thought of Søren Kierkegaard. Featuring original essays from a distinguished collection of established and emerging global scholars representing different schools of thought, this volume explains how the interest in a phenomenological reading of Kierkegaard is not only vital, but continues to grow in importance by cultivating new readers and inviting old readers to revisit their views. Divided into four parts—"Phenomenological Explorations", "On Hearing and Seeing", "Rethinking Faith and Despair", and "Kierkegaard and New Phenomenology"—this collection not only reflects the current state of scholarly conversations in both Kierkegaardian studies and phenomenological research, but also envisions new directions in which they should go, exploring ways that a Kierkegaardian approach to phenomenology might help us to re-envision Kierkegaard scholarship and re-enliven phenomenological philosophy.

Author : Jeffrey Hanson
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780810126817

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Kierkegaard as Phenomenologist by Jeffrey Hanson Pdf

Jeffrey Hanson is an adjunct assistant professor of philosophy at Boston College. --Book Jacket.

Author : Vincent A. McCarthy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400996700

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The Phenomenology of Moods in Kierkegaard by Vincent A. McCarthy Pdf

Kierkegaard himself hardly requires introduction, but his thought con tinues to require explication due to its inherent complexity and its unusual method of presentation. Kierkegaard is deliberately un-systematic, anti-systematic, in the very age of the System. He made his point then, and it is not lost upon us today. But that must not deter us from assembling the fragments and viewing the whole. Kierkegaard's religious psychology in particular may finally have its impact and generate the discussion it deserves when its outlines and inter-locking elements are viewed together. Many approaches to his thought are possible, as a survey of the literature about him will readily reveal. ! The present study proceeds with the simple ambition of looking at Kierkegaard on his own terms, of thus putting aside biographical fascination or one's own personal religi ous situation. I understand the temptation of both, and have seen the dangers realized in Kierkegaard scholarship. In English-language Kier kegaard scholarship, we are now in a new phase, in which the entire corpus of Kierkegaard's authorship is at last viewed as a whole. We have passed the stages of "fad" and of under-formed. Almost all the corpus is available in English, or soon will be. Perhaps now Kierkegaard can be viewed, understood, and criticized dispassionately and objectively, not withstanding author Kierkegaard's personal horror of those adverbs. The present study hopes to make its contribution toward this goal.

Author : Michael Strawser
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780739184943

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Kierkegaard and the Philosophy of Love by Michael Strawser Pdf

Ironically, the philosophy of love has long been neglected by philosophers, so-called “lovers of wisdom,” who would seemingly need to understand how one best becomes a lover. In Kierkegaard and the Philosophy of Love, Michael Strawser shows that the philosophy of love lies at the heart of Kierkegaard’s writings, as he argues that the central issue of Kierkegaard’s authorship can and should be understood more broadly as the task of becoming a lover. Strawser starts by identifying the questions (How should I love the other? Is self-love possible? How can I love God?) and themes (love’s immediacy, intentionality, unity, and eternity) that are central to the philosophy of love, and he develops a rich context that includes analyses of the conceptions of love found in Plato, Spinoza, and Hegel, as well as prominent contemporary thinkers. Strawser provides an original and wide-ranging analysis of Kierkegaard’s writings—from the early The Concept of Irony and Edifying Discourses to the late The Moment, while maintaining the prominence of Works of Love— to demonstrate how Kierkegaard’s writings on love are relevant to the emerging study of the philosophy of love today. The most unique perspective of this work, however, is Strawser’s argument that Kierkegaard’s writings on love are most fruitfully understood within the context of a phenomenology of love. In interpreting Kierkegaard as a phenomenologist of love, Strawser claims that it is not Husserl and Heidegger that we should look to for a connection in the first instance, but rather Max Scheler, Dietrich von Hildebrand, Emmanuel Levinas, and most importantly, Jean-Luc Marion, who for the most part center their thinking on the phenomenological nature of love. Based on an analysis of the works of these thinkers together with Kierkegaard’s writings, Strawser argues that Kierkegaard presents readers with a first phenomenology of love, a point of view that serves as a unifying perspective throughout this work while also pointing to areas for future scholarship. Overall, this work brings seemingly divergent perspectives into a unity brought about through a focus on love—which is, after all, a unifying force.

Author : George Pattison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003-08-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134455171

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Kierkegaard's Upbuilding Discourses by George Pattison Pdf

George Pattison provides a bold and innovative reassessment of Kierkegaard's neglected Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses and reading of his work as a whole. The first full length assessment of the discourses in English, this volume will be essential reading for philosophers and theologians, and anyone interested in Kierkegaard and the history of philosophy.

Author : Thomas J. Millay
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781793640345

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Kierkegaard and the New Nationalism by Thomas J. Millay Pdf

A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Nationalism is a globally resurgent phenomenon. From Britain to India to the United States of America, we find nations vociferously reasserting their own sovereignty, ethnic composition, and intrinsic superiority. Thomas J. Millay demonstrates how Kierkegaard’s ascetic voice speaks directly to our present crisis.Kierkegaard and the New Nationalism: A Contemporary Reinterpretation of the Attack upon Christendom analyzes the late writings of Kierkegaard in light of this new relevance, for Kierkegaard’s attack upon Christendom is also an attack upon nationalism. For Kierkegaard, taking on nationalism is not simply a matter of undermining false identity constructions. Attacking nationalism is a matter of renunciation: it requires ascetic discipline, such that the selfish motives at the core of one’s identity construction are uprooted and replaced by a self-giving love marked by the willingness to suffer.

Author : Patrick Sheil
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351924016

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Kierkegaard and Levinas by Patrick Sheil Pdf

The Danish Christian existentialist Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) and the Jewish Lithuanian-born French interpreter of modern phenomenology Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) have enabled theology and philosophy to illuminate and confront one another in radical and important ways. This book addresses the theological and philosophical thought of both Kierkegaard and Levinas with a focus on the special form that exists in the grammar of many languages for cases of uncertainty, possibility, hypothesis and for expressions of hope: the subjunctive mood. As well as presenting arguments and observations about Kierkegaard and Levinas through an analysis of the subjunctive mood, Patrick Sheil offers an interesting and accessible way into the thought of these two major European philosophers and he explores a wide range of Kierkegaardian and Levinasian texts throughout.

Author : Sergia Hay
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781793614490

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Ethical Silence by Sergia Hay Pdf

Ethical Silence: Kierkegaard on Communication, Education, andHumility examines a new area of Kierkegaard scholarship: the ethical value of silence. Through exegesis of Kierkegaard’s later writings, works in what is known as his second authorship, Sergia Hay argues that silence is an essential element of his Christian ethics. Starting with an overview of Kierkegaard’s ideas concerning ethics and communication, Hay builds a case for a Kierkegaardian notion of ethical silence by showing how silence contributes to the fulfillment of ethical imperatives by halting chatter, setting the “fundamental tone” for ethical activity, curbing excessive self-love, and providing another mode for educating and expressing love. Most importantly, silence can be used to humble the self and elevate the neighbor, creating conditions of Christian equality. Ethical silence is not the silence of the ineffable or what cannot be said, this is the silence of what can be said but should not.

Author : Jon Stewart
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0521039517

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Kierkegaard's Relations to Hegel Reconsidered by Jon Stewart Pdf

A major re-evaluation of the complex relations between the philosophies of Kierkegaard and Hegel.

Author : Arne Grøn,René Rosfort,K. Brian Söderquist
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110491012

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Kierkegaard's Existential Approach by Arne Grøn,René Rosfort,K. Brian Söderquist Pdf

Recently there has been a growing interest not only in existentialism, but also in existential questions, as well as key figures in existential thinking. Yet despite this renewed interest, a systematic reconsideration of Kierkegaard’s existential approach is missing. This anthology is the first in a series of three that will attempt to fill this lacuna. The 13 chapters of the first anthology deal with various aspects of Kierkegaard's existential approach. Its reception will be examined in the works of influential philsophers such as Heidegger, Gadamer, and Habermas, as well as in lesser known philosophers from the interwar period, such as Jean Wahl, Lev Shestov, and Benjamin Fondane. Other chapters reconsider central notions, such as "anxiety", "existence", "imagination", and "despair". Finally, some chapters deal with Kierkegaard's relevance for central issues in contemporary philosophy, including "naturalism", "self-constitution", and "bioethics". This book is of relevance not only to researchers working in Kierkegaard Studies, but to anyone with an interest in existentialism and existential thinking.

Author : Claudia Welz,Karl Verstrynge
Publisher : Turnshare Ltd. - Publisher
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy of mind
ISBN : 9781847900203

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Despite Oneself by Claudia Welz,Karl Verstrynge Pdf

Author : Anna Westin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350114234

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An Existential Phenomenology of Addiction by Anna Westin Pdf

Existential phenomenology can be a particularly helpful philosophical method for understanding human experience. Starting from the perspective of the subject, it can clarify and problematize subtle everyday relations, enabling greater insight into difficult situations. Used by contemporary philosophers as a way of understanding the embodied experience of illness, this method has been helpful for understanding physical illness in the medical humanities, offering a fruitful way of reading the subjectivity of mental states. An Existential Phenomenology of Addiction examines how the experience of addiction engages both mental and physical phenomena within the existence of a particular human life, using the philosophy of Emmanuel Lévinas and Søren Kierkegaard. The book maps out an existential phenomenology of subject-in-relation. Both Lévinas and Kierkegaard use decidedly psychological and theological language to situate their philosophy, discussing the subject through concepts of love, otherness, responsibility and hope, while played out in a situation of anxiety, suffering, desire and revelation. Combining existential phenomenological discourse with contemporary addiction discourse, Westin argues that the concept of subject as 'addict', as found in the Twelve Steps Program and disease models of addiction, ought to be replaced with the free and relational identity of subject as 'addicted'.

Author : Arne Grøn
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110794182

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Thinking with Kierkegaard by Arne Grøn Pdf

Arne Grøn’s reading of Søren Kierkegaard’s authorship revolves around existential challenges of human identity. The 35 essays that constitute this book are written over three decades and are characterized by combining careful attention to the augmentative detail of Kierkegaard’s text with a constant focus on issues in contemporary philosophy. Contrary to many approaches to Kierkegaard’s authorship, Grøn does not read Kierkegaard in opposition to Hegel. The work of the Danish thinker is read as a critical development of Hegelian phenomenology with particular attention to existential aspects of human experience. Anxiety and despair are the primary existential phenomena that Kierkegaard examines throughout his authorship, and Grøn uses these negative phenomena to argue for the basically ethical aim of Kierkegaard’s work. In Grøn’s reading, Kierkegaard conceives human selfhood not merely as relational, but also a process of becoming the self that one is through the otherness of self-experience, that is, the body, the world, other people, and God. This book should be of interest to philosophers, theologians, literary studies scholars, and anyone with an interest not only in Kierkegaard, but also in human identity.

Author : Patrick Stokes
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198732730

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The Naked Self by Patrick Stokes Pdf

Patrick Stokes explores Kierkegaard's understanding of selfhood by situating his work in relation to central problems in contemporary philosophy of personal identity. By bringing his thought into dialogue with major living and recent philosophers, Stokes reveals the lasting contribution that Kierkegaard made to the study of self and identity.

Author : Merold Westphal
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780271044781

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Kierkegaard's Critique of Reason and Society by Merold Westphal Pdf