Kierkegaard's Instant: On Beginnings [Hardcover]

David J. Kangas (Author)

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Hardcover: 235 pages
Publisher: Indiana University Press (May 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0253348595
ISBN-13: 978-0253348593
Product Dimensions: 2.4 x 1.7 x 0.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 499 g

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"Kangas's theoretical contribution, and his careful locating of Kierkegaard in historial context, allows him to bring even the most enigmatic of Kierkegaardian texts to life." Vanessa Rumble, Boston College

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In "Kierkegaard's Instant", David J. Kangas reads Kierkegaard to reveal his radical thinking about temporality. For Kierkegaard, the instant of becoming, in which everything changes in the blink of an eye, eludes recollection and anticipation. It constitutes a beginning always already at work. As Kangas shows, Kierkegaard's retrieval of the sudden quality of temporality allows him to stage a deep critique of the idealist projects of Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel. By linking Kierkegaard's thought to the tradition of Meister Eckhart, Kangas formulates the central problem of these early texts and puts them into contemporary light-can thinking hold itself open to the challenges of temporality?

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5.0 out of 5 stars Kangas is a genius!, Oct 5 2007

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This review is from: Kierkegaard's Instant: On Beginnings (Hardcover)

This is destined to become an extremely important work in Kierkegaard studies. Kierkegaard is often treated as a completely solitary philosophical figure. By focusing his analysis on the issue of temporality, Kangas is able to bring to light some of the philosophical and historical interlocutors invloved in Kierkegaard's dialectic with himself. This approach helps to not only understand Kierkegaard's difficult writings on temporality, but it also helps unlock some of the mysterious treasures found in all of his works.

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