Kierkegaard, Aesthetics, and Selfhood

The Art of Subjectivity
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-54611-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 418 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts

In the digital world, Kierkegaard's thought is valuable in thinking about aesthetics as a component of human development, both including but moving beyond the religious context as its primary center of meaning. Seeing human formation as interrelated with aesthetics makes art a vital dimension of human existence. Contributing to the debate about Kierkegaard's conception of the aesthetic, Kierkegaard, Aesthetics, and Selfhood argues that Kierkegaard's primary concern is to provocatively explore how a self becomes Christian, with aesthetics being a vital dimension for such self-formation. At a broader level, Peder Jothen also focuses on the role, authority, and meaning of aesthetic expression within religious thought generally and Christianity in particular.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jothen, Peder

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen: Religiöse Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1 Kierkegaard’s Ambiguous Aesthetics 2 Becoming Christian 3 Christ and the Art of Subjective Becoming 4 Mimesis, Aesthetics, and Christian Becoming 5 Becoming amidst the Existence Stages 6 Becoming and Art Postscript

Über Autor(innen)

Peder Jothen is Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, USA.