Between nihilism and faith :: a commentary on Either/or /

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...

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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2010.
Schriftenreihe:Kierkegaard studies. Monograph series ; 21.
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Zusammenfassung: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?
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 176 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176).
ISBN:9783110226898
3110226898
311022688X
9783110226881
ISSN:1434-2952 ;