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In a bold new argument, Ulrika Carlsson grasps hold of the figure of Eros that haunts Søren Kierkegaard’s The Concept of Irony, and for the first time, uses it as key to interpret that text and his second book, Either/Or. According to Carlsson, Kierkegaard adopts Plato’s idea of Eros as the fundamental force that drives humans in all their pursuits. For him, every existential stance—every way of living and relating to the outside world—is at heart a way of loving. By intensely examining Kierkegaard’s erotic language, she also challenges the theory that the philosopher’s first two books have little common ground and reveals that they are in fact intimately connected by the central and explicit topic of love. In this text suitable for both students and the Kierkegaard specialist, Carlsson claims that despite long-held beliefs about the disparity of his early work, his first two books both relate to love and Part I of Either/Or should be treated as the sequel to The Concept of Irony.

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Author:   Ulrika Carlsson
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.449kg
ISBN:  

9781350133716

ISBN 10:   135013371
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   14 January 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Note on Sources and Translation Introduction 1. The Temptation to Know 2. Unhappy Reflection 3. Self-Sufficient Beauty 4. The Philosopher Knight 5. The Irony of Christian Love Afterword: Immediate Redemption Notes Bibliography Index

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Based on a careful and comprehensive reading of Soren Kierkegaard's The Concept of Irony, Ulrika Carlsson debunks the schematism of the so-called theory of the stages and clears the ground for an eye-opening reassessment of aesthetic life according to Kierkegaard. * Isak Winkel Holm, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen, Denmark *

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Ulrika Carlsson is Assistant Professor in the School of Philosophy at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia.

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