The naked self : Kierkegaard and personal identity
Stokes, PatrickAuthor
Patrick Stokes explores Kierkegaard's understanding of selfhood by situating his work in relation to central problems in contemporary philosophy of personal identity. By bringing his thought into dialogue with major living and recent philosophers, Stokes reveals the lasting contribution that Kierkegaard made to the study of self and identity.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Patrick Stokes explores Kierkegaard's understanding of selfhood by situating his work in relation to central problems in contemporary philosophy of personal identity. By bringing his thought into dialogue with major living and recent philosophers, Stokes reveals the lasting contribution that Kierkegaard made to the study of self and identity.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 9, 2015).
Introduction : Kierkegaard and the history of self -- Recollection and memory -- Contemporaneity -- Perspectival subjectivity -- Diachronicity, episodicity, synchronicity -- Self-alienation -- Continuity and temporality -- Practical and narrative identity -- Survival and eschatology -- Objections and future directions,.
Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.
Philosophy
Philosophy & Religion