Kierkegaard's Philosophy of Becoming: Movements and PositionsSøren Kierkegaard s proposal of repetition as the new category of truth signaled the beginning of existentialist thought, turning philosophical attention from the pursuit of objective knowledge to the movement of becoming that characterizes each individual s life. Focusing on the theme of movement in his 1843 pseudonymous texts Either/Or, Repetition, and Fear and Trembling, Clare Carlisle presents an original and illuminating interpretation of Kierkegaard s religious thought, including newly translated material, that emphasizes equally its philosophical and theological significance. Kierkegaard complained of a lack of movement not only in Hegelian philosophy but also in his own dreadful still life, and his heroes are those who leap, dance, and make journeys but what do these movements signify, and how are they accomplished? How can we be true to ourselves, let alone to others if we are continually becoming? Carlisle explores these questions to uncover both the philosophical and the literary coherence of Kierkegaard s notoriously enigmatic authorship. |
Contents
Metaphysics of Motion | 9 |
The Logic of Becoming | 23 |
Kierkegaards Critique of Hegel | 33 |
EitherOr Kierkegaards Principle of Contradiction | 49 |
Repetition The Possibility of Motion | 67 |
Fear and Trembling A Higher Plane | 91 |
Becoming a Christian | 113 |
Beyond Philosophy? | 127 |
Repetitions | 137 |
Notes | 149 |
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Abraham actuality aesthetic argues Aristotelian Aristotle becoming a Christian claims Climacus concept of kinesis Concluding Unscientific Postscript consciousness Constantin debate Deleuze dialectical discourses Don Cupitt dynamic Either/Or emphasizes essential eternal existential existing individual expresses Fear and Trembling fiancé finite world freedom God's love Greek ground Hegel Hegelian philosophy Heiberg Heidegger Heidegger's human Ibid idea ideality immanence impotence individual's infinite resignation insistence insofar intellectual interpretation inwardness Johannes de silentio Judge William Kant Kierkegaard Kierkegaard and Nietzsche Kierkegaard's writing Kierkegaardian knight of faith leap logic losophy means ment metaphor metaphysics move Mynster Nietzsche ontological opposed opposition passion perspective Phenomenology of Spirit philo plane of motion position possibility principle of contradiction pseudonymous pseudonymous texts question of motion rational reality recollection reflection relationship religious sense significance soul sphere Spinoza spiritual subjective suggests task of becoming theme of movement things thinkers thinking tion Trans transcendence transformation transition truth as knowledge University Press