Melancholy and the Critique of Modernity: Soren Kierkegaard's Religious Psychology by Harvie Ferguson
Makes Kierkegaard's ideas accessible
Melancholy and the Critique of Modernity
Summary
The connections between the emergence of modern society and the experience of melancholy are explored through a comprehensive re-examination of Soren Kierkegaard's rich and insightful writings.
Melancholy and the Critique of Modernity Summary
Melancholy and the Critique of Modernity Reviews
`... remarkably thought-provoking study, ... But this is not your usual instroduction - this examination of both modernity ad Kirkegaard through the prism of the complex of phenomena termed `melancholy' gives both novice and veteran in Kierkegaard studies a very rich book, deserving and repaying re-readings.' - Religious Studies Vol 31
About Harvie Ferguson
Harvie Ferguson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Glasgow University.
Table of Contents
Part I The physiognomy of the present age; Chapter 1 Melancholy; Chapter 2 Irony; Chapter 3 Reflection; Part II Despair; Chapter 4 Revolution of the spheres; Chapter te5 Between existence and non-existence; Chapter te6 The religion of inwardness; Part III Reduplication; Chapter 7 The upbuilding; Chapter te8 Edification; Inconclusive postscript;
Additional information
NPB9780415117227
9780415117227
0415117224
Melancholy and the Critique of Modernity: Soren Kierkegaard's Religious Psychology by Harvie Ferguson
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Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1994-11-17
304
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