num_pages: 304
description: "This volume represents a fine assessment of the continuingapplicability of Kierkegaard's thought for the 21st century." -- The Reader'sReview "Matust k and Westphal have set some agile minds tothe task of drawing out the threads of Kierkegaard's influence on postmodern andcontemporary philosophy, from gender to politics and from Buber to Derrida." --Choice ..". Usefully and effectively establishes Kierkegaardas a living presence in contemporary thought. It will help students of Kierkegaardattend to aspects of his thought that have eluded their attention, and it willchallenge those engaged with contemporary continental philosophy not to shelterthemselves from the provocations and interrogrations still uncomfortably pressing inKierkegaard's writings." -- International PhilosophicalQuarterly "The standard of the essays and the calibre of thecontributors are uniformly high. This is indeed one of the better collectionsrelating to Kierkegaard published in recent years, and should do much to extenddiscussion of his work..." -- Modern Believing ..". atext of immense significance and value.... As a research tool it will surely proveindispensable." -- S ren Kierkegaard Newsletter "Itwill be a helpful supplementary areading for teaching... the contemporary readingsof Kierkegaard introduced here continue to reveal new and more exciting depths tohis extraordinary philosophy." -- Teaching Philosophy Theseessays engage Kierkegaard in conversation with critical social theory and postmodernthought. Covering a diversity of themes, this collection still reflects consensus --Kierkegaard is to be taken seriously as a philosopher at the turn of thetwenty-first century.
language: English
title: Kierkegaard in Post/Modernity
titlecomplete: Kierkegaard in Post/Modernity (Studies in Continental Thought)
genres: Philosophy
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Indiana Univ Pr