Kierkegaard and Consciousness / / Adi Shmueli.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Shmueli, Adi,
• MitwirkendeR: Holmer, Paul L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1971
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1607
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 p.)

Kierkegaard's philosophy is the description of the structure and behavior of human consciousness. Adi Shmüeli reconstructs that philosophy by showing that it always reflects the structure in question, and thus provides a useful key to Kierkegaard's work. Mr. Shmüeli approaches his task by analyzing first the aesthetic, ethical, and religious stages of life as successive steps in the gradual awakening of consciousness. He then describes the alienation of consciousness, of which Kierkegaard speaks in all his works, and discusses Kierkegaard's theory of indirect communication, philosophical action whose aim is to awaken consciousness in order to rescue it from alienation. Studying Kierkegaard's observations on Christianity as indirect communication, Professor Shmüeli deals also with his reflections on the philosophical problem of truth. His concluding chapter discusses the temporality and historicity of human consciousness. Quotations, taken primarily from accessible English translations, are generously provided to put the reader in direct contact with Kierkegaard's own words.Originally published in 1971.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. About Consciousness in General -- 2. The Esthetic Consciousness -- 3. The Ethical Consciousness -- 4. The Religious Consciousness -- 5. Consciousness and Religions A and B -- 6. The Alienation of Consciousness -- 7. Consciousness and the Uses of Irony and Humor -- 8. Consciousness and Indirect Communication -- 9. The Christian Consciousness and the Problem of Truth -- 10. The Historicity and Temporality of Consciousness -- 11. Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography