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Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) remains one of the most enigmatic,
captivating, and elusive thinkers in the history of European
thought. The Kierkegaardian Mind provides a comprehensive survey of
his work, not only placing it in its historical context but also
exploring its contemporary significance. Comprising thirty-eight
chapters by a team of international contributors, this handbook is
divided into eight parts covering the following themes: Methodology
Ethics Aesthetics Philosophy of Religion and Theology Philosophy of
Mind Anthropology Epistemology Politics. Essential reading for
students and researchers in philosophy, Kierkegaard's work is
central to the study of political philosophy, literature,
existentialist thought, and theology.
There are few literary authors in whose work animals and other
creatures play as prominent a role as they do in Franz Kafka's.
Exploring multiple dimensions of Kafka's incorporation of nonhuman
creatures into his writing, this volume is the first collection in
English of essays devoted to illuminating this important and
ubiquitous dimension of his work. The chapters here are written by
an array of international scholars from various fields, and
represent a diversity of interpretive approaches. In the course of
exploring the roles played by nonhuman animals and other creatures
in Kafka's writing, they help make sense of the literary and
philosophical significance of his preoccupation with animals, and
make clear that careful investigation of those creatures
illuminates his core concerns: the nature of power; the
inescapability of history and guilt; the dangers, promise, and
strangeness of the alienation endemic to modern life; the human
propensity for cruelty and oppression; the limits and conditions of
humanity and the risks of dehumanization; the nature of
authenticity; family life; Jewishness; and the nature of language
and art. Thus the essays in this volume enrich our understanding of
Kafka's work as a whole. Especially striking is the extent to which
the articles collected here bring into focus the ways in which
Kafka anticipated many of the recent developments in contemporary
thinking about nonhuman animals.
There are few literary authors in whose work animals and other
creatures play as prominent a role as they do in Franz Kafka's.
Exploring multiple dimensions of Kafka's incorporation of nonhuman
creatures into his writing, this volume is the first collection in
English of essays devoted to illuminating this important and
ubiquitous dimension of his work. The chapters here are written by
an array of international scholars from various fields, and
represent a diversity of interpretive approaches. In the course of
exploring the roles played by nonhuman animals and other creatures
in Kafka's writing, they help make sense of the literary and
philosophical significance of his preoccupation with animals, and
make clear that careful investigation of those creatures
illuminates his core concerns: the nature of power; the
inescapability of history and guilt; the dangers, promise, and
strangeness of the alienation endemic to modern life; the human
propensity for cruelty and oppression; the limits and conditions of
humanity and the risks of dehumanization; the nature of
authenticity; family life; Jewishness; and the nature of language
and art. Thus the essays in this volume enrich our understanding of
Kafka's work as a whole. Especially striking is the extent to which
the articles collected here bring into focus the ways in which
Kafka anticipated many of the recent developments in contemporary
thinking about nonhuman animals.
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