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Kierkegaard and Death
Patrick Stokes
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Description for Kierkegaard and Death
Paperback. Discusses death and dying in Kierkegaard's work Editor(s): Stokes, Patrick; Buben, Adam J. Series: Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 496.
Few philosophers have devoted such sustained, almost obsessive attention to the topic of death as Søren Kierkegaard. Kierkegaard and Death brings together new work on Kierkegaard's multifaceted discussions of death and provides a thorough guide to the development, in various texts and contexts, of Kierkegaard's ideas concerning death. Essays by an international group of scholars take up essential topics such as dying to the world, living death, immortality, suicide, mortality and subjectivity, death and the meaning of life, remembrance of the dead, and the question of the afterlife. While bringing Kierkegaard's philosophy of death into focus, this volume connects Kierkegaard ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253223524
SKU
V9780253223524
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About Patrick Stokes
Patrick Stokes is a Marie Curie Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire and an Honorary Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne. He is author of Kierkegaard's Mirrors: Interest, Self, and Moral Vision. Adam Buben is a Kierkegaard House Foundation Fellow at the Hong Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College, Minnesota. He has ... Read more
Reviews for Kierkegaard and Death
Anyone, from scholar to Kierkegaard dabbler, can find something worthwhile here. Even those without any familiartiy with Kierkegaard might find this book an interesting starting point for discovering his work.
Lutheran Quarterly
[O]ne theme that runs throughout this impressive volume is that, for a variety of reasons, the thought of death is intimately related to the task of ... Read more
Lutheran Quarterly
[O]ne theme that runs throughout this impressive volume is that, for a variety of reasons, the thought of death is intimately related to the task of ... Read more