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Between nihilism and faith : a commentary on Either/or

By Kierkegaard , KARSTEN , Søren; Harries

Book information

Publisher
de Gruyter
Year
2010
ISBN
311022688X, 978-3-11-022688-1, 978-3-11-022689-8, 3110226898
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1107804 bytes)
Series
Kierkegaard studies. Monograph series ; 21
Edition
1
Pages
176\201
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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Description

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?

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