Kierkegaard's Concept of Despair |
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| Author:
| Theunissen, Michael |
| Translator:
| Harshav, Barbara
Illbruck, Helmut |
| Series title: | Princeton Monographs in Philosophy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-16312-3 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2016 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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The literature on Kierkegaard is often content to paraphrase. By contrast, Michael Theunissen articulates one of Kierkegaard's central ideas, his theory of despair, in a detailed and comprehensible manner and confronts it with alternatives. Understanding what Kierkegaard wrote on despair is vital not only because it illuminates his thought as a who
The literature on Kierkegaard is often content to paraphrase. By contrast, Michael Theunissen articulates one of Kierkegaard's central ideas, his theory of despair, in a detailed and comprehensible manner and confronts it with alternatives. Understanding what Kierkegaard wrote on despair is vital not only because it illuminates his thought as a who