The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary Sin Contributor(s): Kierkegaard, Søren (Author), Hannay, Alastair (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1631490044 ISBN-13: 9781631490040 Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Religion | Christian Theology - Anthropology |
Dewey: 233.14 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.45 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: Brilliantly synthesizing human insights with Christian dogma, Soren Kierkegaard presented, in 1844, The Concept of Anxiety as a landmark psychological deliberation, suggesting that our only hope in overcoming anxiety was not through powder and pills but by embracing it with open arms. While Kierkegaard's Danish prose is surprisingly rich, previous translations--the most recent in 1980--have marginalized the work with alternately florid or slavishly wooden language. With a vibrancy never seen before in English, Alastair Hannay, the world's foremost Kierkegaard scholar, has finally re-created its natural rhythm, eager that this overlooked classic will be revivified as the seminal work of existentialism and moral psychology that it is. From The Concept of Anxiety: |
Contributor Bio(s): Hannay, Alastair: - Alastair Hannay is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Oslo. Besides several works on Kierkegaard, including a biography, he has previously translated six volumes of Kierkegaard's writings.Kierkegaard, Soren: - Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), the author of more than twenty books, was a Danish philosopher and theologian whose work has been widely recognized as the foundations of both modern psychology and existentialism. |