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Contents 6 Abbreviations 10 Foreword 13 Introduction 16 Kierkegaard the philosopher of everyday life 17 The multifaceted Kierkegaard 18 The goal of his authorship 19 Kierkegaard the existentialist 20 Kierkegaard the outcast 22 The growing acceptance of Kierkegaard’s work 23 The aim of this book 24 Chapter One: A concise summary of Kierkegaard's life 28 Søren’s childhood 29 Søren’s home education 31 Søren’s religious instruction 32 Søren’s formal education 34 Søren’s father 36 The family curse 37 Søren’s rivalry with Peter 38 The great earthquake 41 Søren and the Romantics 42 The period of dissipation 43 The critique of Romanticism 44 The death of Søren’s father 45 Søren’s graduation and engagement to Regine Olsen 46 The broken engagement 49 Søren’s substantial authorship 53 Søren’s private journals 57 Søren’s dark secret 60 The Corsair saga 61 Søren’s new direction in life 64 Søren’s later works 65 His full-frontal attack on established religion 66 Søren’s final stand 68 Chapter Two: How to read Kierkegaard – irony, parable and other indirect communication 72 The elusiveness of Kierkegaard’s writing style 72 The art of reading Kierkegaard 73 ‘Middle ground’ approach to reading Kier
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- Author
- Michael Watts
- Publisher
- Oneworld Pubns Ltd
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781435683921
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Memoir, Philosophy, History
- Rating
- 3.81 / 5 (32 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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