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Kierkegaard's instant : on beginnings
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Kierkegaard's instant : on beginnings

Author: David J Kangas
Publisher: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press ; Chesham : Combined Academic [distributor], 2010.
Series: Studies in Continental thought.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...
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Named Person: Søren Kierkegaard
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: David J Kangas
ISBN: 9780253348593 0253348595
OCLC Number: 271546780
Notes: Formerly CIP.
Description: x, 235 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction : ungrounding subjectivity --
The infinite beginning (The concept of irony) --
Endless time (Either/or 1) --
Entering into philosophy (De omnibus dubitandum est) --
Repetition (Repetition) --
Absolute relation to the ab-solute (Fear and trembling) --
The instant (The concept of anxiety) --
Conclusion : the exteriority of interiority.
Series Title: Studies in Continental thought.
Other Titles: Kierkegaard's instant on beginnings
Responsibility: David J. Kangas.
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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. This work shows,  Read more...

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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 Read more...

 
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