Kierkegaard's and Heidegger's Analysis of Existence and Its Relation to Proclamation

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-885599-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Reihe: Selected Works of K.E. Logstrup

The great Danish philosopher and theologian K. E. Løgstrup (1905-81) offers a distinctive assessment and comparative critique of two key thinkers in Kierkegaard's and Heidegger's Analysis of Existence and its Relation to Proclamation (1950). Løgstrup focuses on the central idea from Kierkegaard and Heidegger that our individuality and authenticity are threatened by 'life in the crowd' or 'das Man'. According to Løgstrup, Kierkegaard holds that

the only way to escape the crowd is through a relation to an infinite demand which he nonetheless leaves empty, while Heidegger avoids offering any kind of ethics at all. Arguing against both philosophers, Løgstrup himself proposes an ethic which is not just a set of social rules, but which is also more contentful than

Kierkegaard's infinite demand: namely, the requirement to care for the other person whose life is placed in your hands. This call to care for the other person becomes central to Løgstrup's position in his most famous publication The Ethical Demand (1956), so this earlier work, based on lectures given in Berlin, provides a crucial insight into the development of his thought. This is the first English translation of an original and compelling text by Løgstrup, rendered into

accurate prose and paired with an introduction which explains the main themes and wider context of the work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Løgstrup, K E

Bennett, Christopher

Leech, Jessica

Saunders, Joe

Textor, Mark

Stern, Robert

Weitere Mitwirkende

Stern, Robert

Bennett, Christopher

Leech, Jessica

Saunders, Joe

Textor, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Theologie, Doktrine
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Stern is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, where he has worked since 1989. He was previously a student and then Junior Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge. He has published extensively on Kant, Hegel, and transcendental arguments, as well as on accounts of moral obligation. He recently published the first monograph in English on Løgstrup, entitled The Radical Demand in Løgstrup's Ethics (Oxford
2019).