Both/And: Reading Kierkegaard- From Irony to Edification

Michael Strawser

Published by Fordham University Press 1996

Both/And

Reading Kierkegaard- From Irony to Edification

Michael Strawser

In the series Perspectives in Continental Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823295197

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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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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Key to Primary Source References Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Reading Kierkegaard Philosophically Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
PART ONE. THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IRONIC METHODOLOGY IN KIERKEGAARD'S EARLY WRITINGS
1 The Genesis of Genius Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2 The Original Point of View for Kierkegaard's Activity as a Writer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
3 Johannes Climacus' s Meditations on First Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
PART TWO. A LOOK AT THE PSEUDONYMOUS WRITINGS
4 The Problem of Pseudonymity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
5 Are the Pseudonymous Views Completely Bogus? On Hartshorne's Kierkegaard: Godly Deceiver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
6 The Non--Philosophy of Truth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
7 Training in Christian Maieutics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
PART THREE. THE VERONYMOUS WRITINGS
8 The ''Indirectness'' of the Signed Writings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
9 The Love of Edification and the Edification of Love Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
Conclusion: Rereading Kierkegaard as a Postmodem Philosopher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257

Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 261

eBook

Published: October 23, 2020
ISBN: 9780823295197