Both/And : Reading Kierkegaard- From Irony to Edification Hardback
by Michael Strawser
Part of the Perspectives in Continental Philosophy series
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Both/And is a new interpretation of Kierkegaard's writings which attempts to make sense of a very diverse authorship by offering a comprehensive interpretation of both Kierkegaard's so-called aesthetic and his religious writings.
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) stands for a turning point in philosophy from a systematic philosophy - which, with its focus on objectivity, attempts to place itself on the secure path of science - to a "philosophy" that focuses its attention in subjectivity and openly acknowledges itself as fragmentary and provisional.
Strawser examines Kierkegaard's works as religious, aesthetic/poetic, and philosophical and argues that irony runs through both the aesthetic and the religious works - indeed, Kierkegaard referred to himself as the Magister of Irony.
But Strawser goes beyond these boundaries to draw in the interpretation of Kierkegaard's writing not a line which cuts off the aesthetic from the religious, but connects them.
This is what Strawser calls the line from irony to edification.
This line is the line of both/and, the line of connection.
Strawser addresses the problematic but natural relationship between Kierkegaard and postmodernism and offers exciting possibilities.
Strawser believes that contemporary postmodern philosophical considerations aid a critical reading of Kierkegaard, but such a reading must not be overwhelmed by them.
Such a comprehensive reading is what Strawser offers the reader in Both/And.
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- Pages:261 pages
- Publisher:Fordham University Press
- Publication Date:01/01/1996
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:261 pages
- Publisher:Fordham University Press
- Publication Date:01/01/1996
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- ISBN:9780823217007