Kierkegaard and Consciousness
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Kierkegaard's philosophy is the description of the structure and behavior of human consciousness. Adi Shmüeli reconstructs that philosophy by showing that it always reflects the structure in question, and thus provides a useful key to Kierkegaard's work.
Mr. Shmüeli approaches his task by analyzing first the aesthetic, ethical, and religious stages of life as successive steps in the gradual awakening of consciousness. He then describes the alienation of consciousness, of which Kierkegaard speaks in all his works, and discusses Kierkegaard's theory of indirect communication, philosophical action whose aim is to awaken consciousness in order to rescue it from alienation. Studying Kierkegaard's observations on Christianity as indirect communication, Professor Shmüeli deals also with his reflections on the philosophical problem of truth. His concluding chapter discusses the temporality and historicity of human consciousness. Quotations, taken primarily from accessible English translations, are generously provided to put the reader in direct contact with Kierkegaard's own words.
Originally published in 1971.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. About Consciousness in General
- 2. The Esthetic Consciousness
- 3. The Ethical Consciousness
- 4. The Religious Consciousness
- 5. Consciousness and Religions a and B
- 6. The Alienation of Consciousness
- 7. Consciousness and the Uses of Irony and Humor
- 8. Consciousness and Indirect Communication
- 9. The Christian Consciousness and the Problem of Truth
- 10. The Historicity and Temporality of Consciousness
- 11. Conclusion
- Works Cited
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
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