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Art and Selfhood - A Kierkegaardian Account (Paperback)
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Art and Selfhood - A Kierkegaardian Account (Paperback)
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On Art and Selfhood lies at the intersection of existentialism and
the philosophy of art. On the philosophy of art side, it addresses
questions about why art matters and how we ought to appreciate it.
On the existentialism side, it attends to questions pertaining to
authenticity or authentic selfhood. That is to say, it focuses on
issues and problems having to do with our personal identity or our
sense of who we are. The goal of the book is to bring together
these two topics in a productive manner by showing that works of
art matter partly because they can help us with the project of
selfhood. In other words, works of art are important in part
because they can offer us much needed guidance and support as we
try to figure out who we really are. To make the case for this
thesis, On Art and Selfhood draws on the works of the Danish
thinker, Soren Kierkegaard (1813-55). It mines his writings for
insights regarding aesthetics and personal identity, and then uses
these insights to contribute to current discussions of these
topics. Thus, the book speaks not only to those with interests in
contemporary analytic philosophy but also to those with interests
in historical scholarship on Kierkegaard.
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