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Melancholy and the critique of modernity : Ѕєren Kierkegaard's religious psychology /

Melancholy and the critique of modernity : Søren Kierkegaard's religious psychology / Harvie Ferguson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 286 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0203993861
  • 9780203993866
  • 9786610156542
  • 6610156549
  • 1280156546
  • 9781280156540
  • 1134817282
  • 9781134817283
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Melancholy and the critique of modernity.DDC classification:
  • 200/.1/9 20
LOC classification:
  • B4378.R44 F47 1995eb
Other classification:
  • 11.06
  • 5,1
  • BF 6081
  • CH 8503
  • CH 8517
Online resources:
Contents:
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I The physiognomy of the present age; Chapter 1 Melancholy: the depth of modern life; THE PERSPECTIVE OF MELANCHOLY; THE DISTRACTION OF PHILOSOPHY; THE PHILOSOPHY OF DISTRACTION; MODERNITY AND THE EXPERIENCE OF MELANCHOLY; Chapter 2 Irony: the romance of distance; HEGEL'S VIEW OF IRONY; SOCRATIC IRONY; THE RELIGIOUS TENDENCY OF IRONY; IRONY IN MODERN CULTURE; IRONY AND RELIGIOUS PSYCHOLOGY; THE MAIEUTIC ART; Chapter 3 Reflection: on the surface of modernity; DECEPTION AND PUBLIC OPINION
THE CHURCH AND BOURGEOIS RESPECTABILITYTHE MASK OF MODERN SELFHOOD; THE CONSEQUENCES OF COPERNICANISM; REFLECTIONS OF THE PRESENT; Part II Despair: critical perspectives on modern society; Chapter 4 Revolution of the spheres: a topological fantasy; THE AESTHETIC; THE ETHICAL; EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS; THE SPHERES OF EXISTENCE; Chapter 5 Between existence and non-existence: an anthropological digression; DIMENSIONS OF ACTUALITY; DOUBT; ANXIETY; DIZZINESS; PARADOX; SIN; Chapter 6 The religion of inwardness: an offensive philosophy; HISTORY; THE SUBJECTIVE THINKER; EXISTENCE; PATHOS; OFFENCE
THE ABSOLUTETHE SELF; Part III Reduplication: towards a theomorphic discourse; Chapter 7 The upbuilding: architecture of happiness; RECONSTRUCTIVE READING; THE IMMEDIACY OF TRUST; A RELIGION OF THE HEART; Chapter 8 Edification: the conquest of melancholy; THE DIALECTIC OF CHRISTIAN LOVE; Inconclusive postscript: beyond despair; DISILLUSIONMENT; PLAY; THE PERSISTENCE OF DESPAIR; Notes; Bibliography; WORKS BY SØREN KIERKEGAARD; OTHER WORKS; Name index; Subject index
Summary: The connections between the emergence of modern society and the experience of melancholy are explored through a comprehensive re-examination of Soren Kierkegaard's rich and insightful writings.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-281) and indexes.

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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I The physiognomy of the present age; Chapter 1 Melancholy: the depth of modern life; THE PERSPECTIVE OF MELANCHOLY; THE DISTRACTION OF PHILOSOPHY; THE PHILOSOPHY OF DISTRACTION; MODERNITY AND THE EXPERIENCE OF MELANCHOLY; Chapter 2 Irony: the romance of distance; HEGEL'S VIEW OF IRONY; SOCRATIC IRONY; THE RELIGIOUS TENDENCY OF IRONY; IRONY IN MODERN CULTURE; IRONY AND RELIGIOUS PSYCHOLOGY; THE MAIEUTIC ART; Chapter 3 Reflection: on the surface of modernity; DECEPTION AND PUBLIC OPINION

THE CHURCH AND BOURGEOIS RESPECTABILITYTHE MASK OF MODERN SELFHOOD; THE CONSEQUENCES OF COPERNICANISM; REFLECTIONS OF THE PRESENT; Part II Despair: critical perspectives on modern society; Chapter 4 Revolution of the spheres: a topological fantasy; THE AESTHETIC; THE ETHICAL; EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS; THE SPHERES OF EXISTENCE; Chapter 5 Between existence and non-existence: an anthropological digression; DIMENSIONS OF ACTUALITY; DOUBT; ANXIETY; DIZZINESS; PARADOX; SIN; Chapter 6 The religion of inwardness: an offensive philosophy; HISTORY; THE SUBJECTIVE THINKER; EXISTENCE; PATHOS; OFFENCE

THE ABSOLUTETHE SELF; Part III Reduplication: towards a theomorphic discourse; Chapter 7 The upbuilding: architecture of happiness; RECONSTRUCTIVE READING; THE IMMEDIACY OF TRUST; A RELIGION OF THE HEART; Chapter 8 Edification: the conquest of melancholy; THE DIALECTIC OF CHRISTIAN LOVE; Inconclusive postscript: beyond despair; DISILLUSIONMENT; PLAY; THE PERSISTENCE OF DESPAIR; Notes; Bibliography; WORKS BY SØREN KIERKEGAARD; OTHER WORKS; Name index; Subject index

The connections between the emergence of modern society and the experience of melancholy are explored through a comprehensive re-examination of Soren Kierkegaard's rich and insightful writings.

English.

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