The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary Sin
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (698 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0871407191 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), the author of more than twenty books, was a Danish philosopher and theologian whose work has been widely recognized as the foundations of both modern psychology and existentialism.Alastair Hannay is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Oslo. Besides several works on Kierkegaard, including a biography, he has previously transl
While the majority of Kierkegaard's work leading up to The Concept of Anxiety dealt with the intersection of faith and knowledge, here the renowned Danish philosopher turns to the perennial question of sin and guilt. As a result, he is hailed today as no less than the father of modern psychology and existentialism. Ably synthesizing human insights with Christian dogma, Kierkegaard's "psychological deliberation" suggests that our only hope in overcoming anxiety is not through “powder and pills” but by embracing it with open arms. By transcending distinctions of genre, Kierkegaard brought traditionally separated disciplines to bear on deep human concerns and was able, through his profound self-insight, to uncover the strategies with which we try to deal with them. Indeed, for Kierkegaard, it is only through our experiences with anxiety that we are able to become truly aware of ourselves and the freedoms and limitations of our own existence.While Kierkegaard's Danish prose is surprisingly rich, previous translationsthe most recent in 1980have tended either to deaden its impact by being excessively literal or to furnish
Perhaps more than any other philosopher, Kierkegaard reflected on the question of how to communicate the truths that we live by. (Gordon Marino - New York Times) . A book at once so profound and byzantine that it seems to aim at evoking the very feeling it dissects