Kierkegaard's Philosophy of Becoming: Movements And Positions

by Carlisle, Clare

• ISBN13: 9780791465486
• ISBN10: 0791465489
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

Soren Kierkegaard's proposal of "repetition" as the new category of truth signaled the beginning of existentialist thought, turning philosophical attention from the pursuit of objective knowledge to the movement of becoming that characterizes each individual's life. Focusing on the theme of movement in his 1843 pseudonymous texts Either/Or, Repetition, and Fear and Trembling, Clare Carlisle presents an original and illuminating interpretation of Kierkegaard's religious thought, including newly translated material, that emphasizes equally its philosophical and theological significance. Kierkegaard complained of a lack of movement not only in Hegelian philosophy but also in his own "dreadful still life," and his heroes are those who leap, dance, and make journeys-but what do these movements signify, and how are they accomplished? How can we be true to ourselves, let alone to others if we are continually becoming? Carlisle explores these questions to uncover both the philosophical and the literary coherence of Kierkegaard's notoriously enigmatic authorship.

Author Biography

Clare Carlisle is the Leverhulme Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, England

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction: The Place and the Path	1	(8)
PART ONE
1. Metaphysics of Motion	9	(14)
2. The Logic of Becoming	23	(10)
3. Kierkegaard's Critique of Hegel	33	(16)
PART TWO
4. Either/Or: Kierkegaard's Principle of Contradiction	49	(18)
5. Repetition: The Possibility of Motion	67	(24)
6. Fear and Trembling: A Higher Plane	91	(22)
PART THREE
7. Becoming a Christian	113	(14)
8. Beyond Philosophy?	127	(10)
9. Repetitions	137	(12)
Notes	149	(14)
Bibliography	163	(8)
Index	171