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Author Harries, Karsten

Title Between nihilism and faith : a commentary on Either/or / Karsten Harries
Published Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 176 pages)
Series Kierkegaard studies. Monograph series, 1434-2952 ; 21
Kierkegaard studies. Monograph series ; 21.
Contents Diapsalmata -- Immediacy and reflection -- Don Juan -- Modern tragedy -- The fellowhip of the dead -- Kitsch -- The rotation of crops -- The diary of the seducer -- In defense of marriage -- Two concepts of freedom -- The meaning of Either/or -- Ultimatum
Summary 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 Kierkegaards 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?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176)
Notes Print version record
Subject Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855. Enten-eller.
SUBJECT Enten-eller (Kierkegaard, Søren) fast
Subject PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783110226898
3110226898
311022688X
9783110226881