| Between Nihilism and Faith: A Commentary on Either/Or Contributor(s): Harries, Karsten (Author) |
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ISBN: 311022688X ISBN-13: 9783110226881 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $143.44 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Philosophy | Religious - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 198.9 |
| LCCN: 2009054044 |
| Series: Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.02 lbs) 198 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: If the Enlightenment turned to reason to reoccupy the place left vacant by the death of God, the last two centuries have undermined such faith in reason. We cannot escape this history. The specter of nihilism haunts Either/Or. To exorcize it is Kierkegaard's most fundamental concern. But where are we to turn? To an aesthetic transfiguration of, or escape from reality? Does ethics promise an answer? Or is all that is left an irrational leap to religion? All such questions are shadowed by the specter of Kitsch.What does it mean to be authentic in the modern world? |