Kierkegaard on Politics
Published on 22. November 2013
Book
Hardback
VI, 147 pages
978-1-137-37231-4 (ISBN)
Description
This investigation of Kierkegaard as a political thinker with regard to the Danish context, and to his place in the history of political thought, deals with the more direct discussion of politics in Kierkegaard, and the ways in which political ideas are embedded in his literary, aesthetic, ethical, philosophical ,and religious thought.
Reviews / Votes
"The most admirable about Kierkegaard on Politics is the attempt from Stocker to try and argue for something original in contrast to existing works. . Kierkegaard's religious writings concerning the Absolute are used in an interesting way concerning politics. The book contains many interesting passages, and each essay is neatly demarcated from the other, and original and uniquely personal in its own way." (Roel Wolters, History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis, Vol. 27, 2024)
More details
Edition
2014 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
VI, 147 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
345 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-37231-4 (9781137372314)
DOI
10.1057/9781137372321
Schweitzer Classification
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Barry Stocker
Kierkegaard on Politics
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01/2014
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Kierkegaard on Politics
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Person
Barry Stocker teaches philosophy at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, and is an Honorary Research Associate at the Department of Philosophy, University College London, UK. He is the author of
Derrida on Deconstruction
(2006), and is currently working on a book about liberty in Foucault.
Content
1. Introduction 2. Tarquinius and Brutus: Political Fear and Trembling 3. Previous Perspectives on Kierkegaard and Politics 4. Kierkegaard and the Danish Political Community 5. Communities of Liberty 6. Ethical and Legal Community 7. Tragic Community 8. Political Irony 9. Conclusion Index