What is the best book to read first by kierkegaard. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. Kierkegaard on why anxiety powers creativity rather than. Concluding unscientific postscript to the philosophical fragments doesnt get enough love imo. In 1834, he wrote eitheror, repetition, and fear and trembling. Listen to nigel warburton on kierkegaards eitheror 16. Kierkegaard brought this potent mixture of discourses to bear as social. Kierkegaard and the philosophy of love reprint edition by michael strawser author isbn. Clare carlisle on kierkegaards fear and trembling philosophy bites. You can preorder the book based on 25 episodes of the philosophy bites podcast due. A little history of philosophy, nigel warburtons latest book, is now available. Lev shestov kierkegaard and the existential philosophy.
Although relatively isolated during his life, he became extremely influential once his works were translated into german after his death sometimes dubbed the father of existentialism, his works represent a reaction against the dominant hegelian philosophy of the day and against. Philosophy usually suggests a striving for rationality and objectivity. He wrote under a variety of aliases, in many different styles and genres, including philosophical tracts, novellas, aphorisms, sermons and journals. The reason i insist so upon this question is that, for kierkegaard himself, either the question or its answer conceals the articulus stantis et cadentis of existential philosophy. Kierkegaard explains the psychology of bullying and online trolling in 1847. Kierkegaard died young, but left a vast amount of writing.
The improbably popular philosophy bites blog has already spawned one successful book, and the sequel employs a similar format in compiling 27 brief transcripts about the life and work of famous philosophers. Constantin investigates whether repetition is possible, and the book includes his experiments and his relation to a nameless patient known only as the young man the young man has fallen in love with a girl, proposed. Listen to nigel and david talking about this book 3 mins 51 secs here. Introduction only the christian knows what is meant by the sickness unto death. The biography, writing, and notable ideas of kierkegaard are skillfully summarized in this entry from the wikipedia. Neither job, nor abraham, nor any one of the prophets and apostles would ever have admitted the idea that innocencewhich, as kierkegaard says, quite rightly and in.
As has already been said, eitheror is the best single work to survey kierkegaards thoughts. Soren kierkegaard stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. It presents a selection of lively interviews with leading. Soren kierkegaards fear and trembling retells and interprets the story of abraham and isaac. Kierkegaard and the philosophy of love reading religion. They examine the use of kierkegaard by the later thinkers and critically analyze his role in this movement. In 2012, edmonds and warburton made transcripts of 25 of their podcasts and gathered them together in a book, philosophy bites. Philosophy bites then, early in 20, they published this sequel, titled appropriately enough philosophy bites back which consists of the transcripts of an additional 27 podcasts. Clare carlisle illuminates many of the themes of the book in this interview for philosophy bites.
The book presents generous selections from all of kierkegaards landmark works, including eitheror, fear and trembling, works of love, and the sickness unto death, and draws new attention to a host of such lesserknown writings as three discourses on imagined occasions and the lily of the field and the bird of the air. Soren kierkegaard either or philosophy bites nigel warburton. Construction of the aesthetic is the most irresponsible book ever written on kierkegaard 174 because adorno takes kierkegaards pseudonyms literally, and constructs a philosophy which makes him seem incoherent and unintelligible. In 1844, he published philosophical fragments and the concept of anxiety, in 1845 stages of lifes way, and concluding unscientific postscript in 1846. These and more questions are raised by soren kierkegaards book fear and trembling. The intensity and passion is rehearsed and blocked out with a professional stage crew, photographers, and media experts. Soren kierkegaard project gutenberg selfpublishing. The articles in this volume feature figures from the french, german, spanish and russian traditions of existentialism. Bertman by discussing the concept of anxiety, often called kierkegaards most difficult book, i wish to suggest his relationship to philosophy or, at least, to what he considered philosophys standpoint. I get asked this question a lot by my students, and although it seems like a fairly straightforward question to answer, its not, because of how kierkegaard wrote.
This podcast is based on the third edition of my book of the same name. He chillingly insists that, we all suffer from despair. In kierkegaards hands the story becomes a model for the human predicament. Kierkegaard wrote several books and publications which remain in the library collection of existentialism philosophy. Sartre played an important role in canonizing kierkegaard as one of the forerunners of existentialism. Kierkegaards point is that our modern world is thoroughly rationalized. John campbell on george berkeleys blobs of sensation and clare carlisle on s ren kierkegaards paradoxical. In this episode of the philosophy bites podcast clare carlisle provides an interesting overview of some of kierkegaards themes in this book. This page aims to make learning about the philosophy of kierkegaard as easy as possible by bringing together the best articles, podcasts, and videos from across the internet onto one page. Listen to nigel warburton on kierkegaard s eitheror 16. The discussion ranges across issues of aesthetics, culture, and death. The first book approached philosophy through issues. Soren kierkegaards eitheror is the subject of a new podcast episode in the series philosophy. It refers to kierkegaard as a privileged lens through which we can approach in a new way the antagonisms of our dangerous time.
A contemporary interpretation of the sickness unto death. Just as kierkegaard suggests, it is a cool, reflective, planned, vision of selfdestruction. Soren kierkegaard biography philosophy existentialism. Soren kierkegaard s eitheror is the subject of a new podcast episode in the series philosophy.
A christian psychological exposition for upbuilding and awakening by soren kierkegaard, fear and t. Soren kierkegaard biography soren kierkegaard was born on the 15 th of may 18 in the danish capital copenhagen and into a wealthy and prominent merchant family that already included six children. Plato, the greatest philosopher of ancient greece, was born in athens in 428 or 427 b. It is much more than yet another attempt to reactualize kierkegaard, to make him useful for our time. Thus the book was arranged under five headings titled. Basic writings which happens to be one of my favourite books on existentialism give a brilliant brief 9 pages introduction to his philosophy that should help you understand him better. Michael strawsers book, kierkegaard and the philosophy of love, is an important contribution to understanding the universal human experience of love. Philosophy bites back is the second book to come out of the hugely successful podcast philosophy bites. A book can have a title that prompts a desire to read the book, but a title in itself can be so thoughtladen, so personally appealing, that one will never read the book. This is a podcast series focusing on places linked to philosophers. Generally considered the first relatively modern existentialist if we do not consider existential currents in ancient greek thought, zen, etc. The word is etymologically derived from latin word desperare, meaning without hope, and the. Charles guignon and derk pereboom in their book existentialism. An accessible and original exploration of the theological and philosophical significance of kierkegaards religious thought.
Second, he is concerned with the manifestations of love in the christian life. These and more questions are raised by soren kierkegaards book fear and. Listen to clare carlisle on kierkegaards fear and trembling. Existentialism kierkegaar d 3 works the concept of irony, with continual reference to socrates 1841 s. The best philosophy books of all time updated for 2020. His work crosses the boundaries of philosophy, theology, psychology, literary criticism, devotional literature and fiction. Beauvoir is often described as if she applied jeanpaul sartre existentialist ideas to the condition of women.
He studied under socrates, who appears as a character in many of his dialogues. Kierkegaard, whose bestknown work is fear and trembling, is often considered the father of existentialism. He attacked the literary, philosophical, and ecclesiastical establishments of his day for misrepresenting the highest. For inasmuch as the choice is undertaken with all the personalities inwardness, his nature is purified and he. Rather than attempting a metaphysics on the nature of love as an abstract concept, which has often been the task of theologians and philosophers, strawser takes a phenomenological approach to the. The dialogues gorgias, meno, theatetus, sophist, symposium, phaedrus, timaeus, the republic plato. It is a great book to digest in small chunks, since it is written as a journal as opposed to a single argument building over the course of the book. Clare carlisle on kierkegaards fear and trembling from. First, love is indescribable, since god is love and god is unfathomable. In ks view, truth is found through subjectivity, through our individual, unique apprehension of things. This inscription is in truth very freighted with meaning shocking or gratifying according to ones mood for anyone who perhaps secretly in his heart pledged his troth to. Kierkegaard on boredom, why cat listicles fail to answer the souls cry, and the only true cure for existential emptiness kierkegaard on nonconformity, the individual vs. It presents a selection of lively interviews with leading philosophers of our time, who discuss the ideas and works of some of the most important thinkers in history. The site thus covers the main philosophical traditions, from the presocratic to the contemporary philosophers, while trying to bring a philosophical reading to the cultural field in general, such as cinema, literature, politics or music.
How to study philosophy as an amateur existential comics. Listen to clare carlisle on kierkegaards fear and trembling posted at 06. Kierkegaard and political theology raises these debates to a new level. His father was a firmly committed to a strict approach to faith and life and sought to ensure that his family would grow up within a firmly lutheran household. Links to past episodes seth adelman who listens to the podcasts i make with david edmonds has produced an extremely useful recource. Kierkegaard emphasizes the works of love for at least two reasons. His work was essential in laying the foundations of existentialism.
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