Both/And : : Reading Kierkegaard- From Irony to Edification / / Michael Strawser.

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• VerfasserIn: Strawser, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2023]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (261 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

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