Kierkegaard's Romantic Legacy : Two Theories of the Self / / Anoop Gupta.
In Kierkegaard's Romantic Legacy, Anoop Gupta develops an original theory of the self based on Kierkegaard's writings. Gupta proceeds by historical exegesis and considers several important ways of thinking about self outside of the natural sciences. His study moves theories of the self fro...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ottawa : : University of Ottawa Press,, 2005. ©2005. |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Collection Philosophica.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (142 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | In Kierkegaard's Romantic Legacy, Anoop Gupta develops an original theory of the self based on Kierkegaard's writings. Gupta proceeds by historical exegesis and considers several important ways of thinking about self outside of the natural sciences. His study moves theories of the self from theology toward sociology, from a God-relationship to a social one, and illustrates how a loss in theological underpinnings partly contributes to the rise in the popularity of cultural relativism. By drawing on Kierkegaard's writings, Gupta develops a metaphysical account of the self that provid |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-131) and index. |
| ISBN: | 128069078X 9786613667724 077661617X |
| ISSN: | 14804670 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Anoop Gupta. |