| Kierkegaard's Writings, XVII, Volume 17: Christian Discourses: The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress. Contributor(s): Kierkegaard, Søren (Author), Hong, Howard V. (Editor), Hong, Howard V. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0691140782 ISBN-13: 9780691140780 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $55.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: First published in 1848, "Christian Discourses" is a quartet of pieces written and arranged in contrasting styles. Parts One and Three, "The Cares of the Pagans" and "Thoughts That Wound from Behind--for Upbuilding," serve as a polemical overture to Kierkegaard's collision with the established order of Christendom. Yet Parts Two and Four, "Joyful Notes in the Strife of Suffering" and "Discourses at the Communion on Fridays," are reassuring affirmations of the joy and blessedness of Christian life in a world of adversity and suffering. Written in ordinary language, the work combines simplicity and inwardness with reflection and presents crucial Christian concepts and presuppositions with unusual clarity. Kierkegaard continued in the pattern that he began with his first pseudonymous esthetic work, "Either/Or," by pairing "Christian Discourses" with "The Crisis," an unsigned esthetic essay on contemporary Danish actress Joanne Luise Heiberg. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Philosophy | Religious - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 242 |
| LCCN: 96049099 |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.42 lbs) 512 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: First published in 1848, Christian Discourses is a quartet of pieces written and arranged in contrasting styles. Parts One and Three, The Cares of the Pagans and Thoughts That Wound from Behind--for Upbuilding, serve as a polemical overture to Kierkegaard's collision with the established order of Christendom. Yet Parts Two and Four, Joyful Notes in the Strife of Suffering and Discourses at the Communion on Fridays, are reassuring affirmations of the joy and blessedness of Christian life in a world of adversity and suffering. Written in ordinary language, the work combines simplicity and inwardness with reflection and presents crucial Christian concepts and presuppositions with unusual clarity. Kierkegaard continued in the pattern that he began with his first pseudonymous esthetic work, Either/Or, by pairing Christian Discourses with The Crisis, an unsigned esthetic essay on contemporary Danish actress Joanne Luise Heiberg. |