Kierkegaard, metaphysics, and political theory
By: Alison Assiter.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780826498311
Subjects: Kierkegaard, Søren, -- 1813-1855; Metaphysics; Political science -- Philosophy
Description: The author argues that there is a strand of Kierkegaard's writing that offers a metaphysical practice that recognises the dependence of people upon one another.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The metaphysical assumptions of the classical liberal; title: Human rights and fundamentalism; title: Some limitations of the discourse of human rights; title: Autonomy and ?evil?; title: The beginnings of an alternative metaphysic and ethics; title: Natural needs; title: Metaphysics and morality; title: Love for family, friends and close associates.