Kierkegaard on the Philosophy of History

2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-48046-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 187 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 236 g

History doesn't have to mean only an effort to know the past. It can be instead, according to Kierkegaard, a willful and personal choice regarding the creation of the future. Kierkegaard offers us an amazing new approach to the problem of what is history and who makes it.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patios, G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Deutscher Idealismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Hegel's Philosophy of History 2. Kierkegaard's Concept of History 3. The Structure of the Kierkegaardian Self 4. Hegel's Philosophy of History and Kierkegaard's Concept of History: A Synthesis Instead of a Confrontation 5. Heidegger's Response to the Problem of History Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Georgios Patios is a former Lecturer in Philosophy at the Department of the Continuing Education of the University of Liverpool, UK. He is currently researching on Kant's epistemology, Kierkegaard's and Nietzsche's Ethics.