| Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling Contributor(s): Daniel, David Mills (Author) |
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ISBN: 0334041309 ISBN-13: 9780334041306 Publisher: SCM Press OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2007 Annotation: A new series of summarized texts commonly used on theology and philosophy high school and college courses. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Religious - Philosophy | Movements - Existentialism |
| Series: Briefly (Scm Press) |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.27" W x 7.77" (0.20 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fear and Trembling is one of Kierkegaard's earliest works, which he wrote under the pseudonym Johannes de Silentio. Kierkegaard had been a student of theology in Copenhagen, and had come to hate the Danish Church. He produced hundreds of leaflets against the Church during his lifetime. However his writing was largely ignored, and he was not a popular or well-regarded thinker in his own time. Hegel's writing largely dominated philosophical thought throughout Kierkegaard's life. Hegel believed that the highest goal for a person should be to loose oneself in the Universal. One should put aside his personal goals and ambitions and be motivated exclusively by the general interests of all. Kierkegaard regarded the individual above all else and so was repelled by Hegel's communitarian ethic. His Fear and Trembling is a sustained response to Hegel's ideas. It uses the story of Genesis 22, 1-18, where Abraham was willing to sacrifice Isaac without question, and only faith, to put across his own ideas and philosophy. |