Kierkegaard in Golden Age Denmark Contributor(s): Kirmmse, Bruce H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253330440 ISBN-13: 9780253330444 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $41.53 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1990 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Biography & Autobiography |
Dewey: 198.9 |
LCCN: 89045419 |
Series: Indiana the Philosophy of Religion |
Physical Information: 1.47" H x 6.57" W x 9.57" (2.29 lbs) 576 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: . . . the most important contribution to Kierkegaard studies to be published in English in recent years. . . . Not only is it a fascinating, surprising, and perceptive study of Kierkegaard within his time and world, Kirmmse has produced a research resource, a reference work, that is simply without parallel or equal. --Michael Plekon It is a rare work of philosophy that not only clarifies its subject but also places it within an intellectual and historical context. In his study of 19th-century Danish philosopher Kierkegaard, Kirmmse accomplishes both, setting a standard . . . --Library Journal . . . an outstanding contribution to Kierkegaard research . . . The book is intellectual history of the highest calibre. --So[slash]ren Kierkegaard Newsletter This excellent book is recommended for all collections on Kierkegaard . . . For all readers. --Choice This richly researched and readable book supplies an important contribution to the widespread reappropriation of Kierkegaard's thought currently taking place. --Theology Today This book is a tour de force in intellectual history. --Review of Metaphysics Kirmmse's book is a major work of scholarship that confers on Kierkegaard's social and intellectual universe a depth and a richness of detail that will permanently alter the familiar stereotypes about Kierkegaard's isolation from his fellow Danes and his supposedly fanatical campaign against philistine Denmark and its corrupt state church. --American Historical Review Against the background of Denmark's evolution from a mercantile economy to a broad-based agricultural economy, Kirmmse reinterprets Kierkegaard's thought as a reaction to the tensions within his society. |