Between Nihilism and Faith : A Commentary on Either/Or.
Title:
Between Nihilism and Faith : A Commentary on Either/Or.
Author:
Harries, Karsten.
ISBN:
9783110226898
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (201 pages)
Series:
Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series ; v.21
Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Diapsalmata -- 3. Immediacy and Reflection -- 4. Don Juan -- 5. Modern Tragedy -- 6. The Fellowhip of the Dead -- 7. Kitsch -- 8. The Rotation of Crops -- 9. The Diary of the Seducer -- 10. In Defense of Marriage -- 11. Two Concepts of Freedom -- 12. The Meaning of "Either-Or" -- 13. Ultimatum -- Backmatter.
Abstract:
If the Enlightenment turned to reason to reoccupy the place left vacant by the death of God, the last two centuries have undermined such faith in reason. We cannot escape this history. The specter of nihilism haunts Either/Or. To exorcize it is Kierkegaard's most fundamental concern. But where are we to turn? To an aesthetic transfiguration of, or escape from reality? Does ethics promise an answer? Or is all that is left an irrational leap to religion? All such questions are shadowed by the specter of Kitsch. What does it mean to be authentic in the modern world?.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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