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Kierkegaard's Encounter with the Rhineland-Flemish MysticsA Case Study by Cappelørn, Niels Jørgen (editor);Deuser, Hermann (editor);Söderquist, K. Brian (editor);Cappelørn, Niels J. (editor) is a Arts and Humanities article available to read on EtoBox.

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This article examines Kierkegaard s encounter with medieval Rhineland-Flemish mysticism, with continual reference to Kierkegaard s overall reception of mysticism. This case study attempts to elucidate -in the form of pars pro toto -that a deeper understanding of Kierkegaard s reception of mysticism inevitably requires thorough analysis of his relation to concrete historical figures known as mystics. After an outline of Kierkegaard s early criticism of mysticism and its background, the article goes on to explore the picture of Rhineland-Flemish mysticism in Kierkegaard s secondary sources. Subsequently, it examines Kierkegaard s own references to the German and Dutch mystics and his usage of their texts, seeing these in close connection with the motifs found in the secondary literature read by Kierkegaard. In conclusion, the findings pertaining to Kierkegaard s reception of the Rhineland-Flemish mystics are compared to Marie Mikulov Thulstrup s theses concerning Kierkegaard s relationship with mysticism in general. It is also suggested that what attracted Kierkegaard s attention the most in Rhineland-Flemish mysticism was, in fact, its least mystical part.

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Author

Cappelørn, Niels Jørgen (editor);Deuser, Hermann (editor);Söderquist, K. Brian (editor);Cappelørn, Niels J. (editor)

Publisher

Saur, K. G., Verlag. ein Imprint der Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9783110207897

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)