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Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky


Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky

The Search of the Authentic Life and the Problem of Existential Entrapment
Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series, Band 51 1. Aufl.

von: Petr Vaskovic

CHF 94.10

Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 21.10.2024
ISBN/EAN: 9783111591469
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 283

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<p>The book brings together the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard with that of another prominent proto-existentialist thinker, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Asking the question: "What constitutes an authentic Christian life?", the book explores the answer given by both authors, which is that one should rid oneself of selfish inclinations and strive for a life of faith that revolves around the virtues of humility and non-preferential love. However, as we learn from Dostoevsky and Kierkegaard, becoming an authentic individual is no easy task, and the book goes on to examine the obstacles that lie in the path of individual existential self-development. </p>
<p>The book then examines the ways in which the various characters and pseudonymous authors who populate Dostoevsky's and Kierkegaard's books struggle in their attempts to become authentic ethical and religious individuals. The examination of this struggle, termed <em>existential entrapment</em> and defined as the inability to progress on the path of one's existential self-development, forms the core of the book and helps to map out the ethical-religious landscape of Dostoevsky’s and Kierkegaard’s thought. </p>
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<p><strong>Petr Vaškovic</strong>, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic. </p>