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Kierkegaard as Psychologist
Vincent A. Mccarthy
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Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JH; HPCD; JMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 245 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Kierkegaard’s psychological thought has always been acknowledged as very rich—Reinhold Niebuhr hailed him as the greatest psychologist of the soul since Augustine—and has had a major influence on Heidegger, Sartre, and existential psychoanalysis. Nevertheless, his accomplishment has not always been fully appreciated, in part because it is so scattered across his works. As Vincent McCarthy demonstrates in Kierkegaard as Psychologist, Kierkegaard was pursuing “psychology” before there was a formally recognized academic field bearing that name, and a coherent thread runs through the so-called pseudonymous works. McCarthy elucidates often-difficult texts, highlights the rich psychological dimension of Kierkegaard’s thought, and provides an ... Read more
Kierkegaard’s psychological thought has always been acknowledged as very rich—Reinhold Niebuhr hailed him as the greatest psychologist of the soul since Augustine—and has had a major influence on Heidegger, Sartre, and existential psychoanalysis. Nevertheless, his accomplishment has not always been fully appreciated, in part because it is so scattered across his works. As Vincent McCarthy demonstrates in Kierkegaard as Psychologist, Kierkegaard was pursuing “psychology” before there was a formally recognized academic field bearing that name, and a coherent thread runs through the so-called pseudonymous works. McCarthy elucidates often-difficult texts, highlights the rich psychological dimension of Kierkegaard’s thought, and provides an ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810131811
SKU
V9780810131811
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About Vincent A. Mccarthy
Vincent A. McCarthy is a professor of philosophy and emeritus provost and dean at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, USA. His previous publications include The Phenomenology of Moods in Kierkegaard and Quest for a Philosophical Jesus: Christianity and Philosophy in Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, and Schelling, as well as contributions to the International Kierkegaard Commentary.
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