num_pages: 210
description: Irony, humor and the comic play vital yet under-appreciated roles in Kierkegaard's thought. Focusing upon the Concluding Unscientific Postscript , this book investigates these roles, relating irony and humor as forms of the comic to central Kierkegaardian themes. How does the comic function as a form of "indirect communication"? What roles can irony and humor play in the infamous Kierkegaardian "leap"? Do certain forms of wisdom depend upon possessing a sense of humor? And is such a sense of humor thus a genuine virtue?
language: English
title: Humour and Irony in Kierkegaard’s Thought
titlecomplete: Humour and Irony in Kierkegaard’s Thought
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Palgrave MacMillan