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Kierkegaard for Beginners Paperback - 2007

by Donald D. Palmer

Through text and images, this book introduces readers to Soren Kierkegaard, whose attack on social and religious complacency and traditional Western philosophy in the 19th century generated a crisis that produced a radically new way of thinking and made him founder of the school of existentialism. This is a valuable introduction to the man and his work. Illustrations.


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Donald Palmer is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the college of Marin in Kentfield, California. Currently he is visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is also author of: 
Sartre for Beginners
Structuralism and Poststructuralism For Beginners
Looking at Philosophy
, Mayfield Publishing Co.
Does the Center Hold?, Mayfield Publishing Co.

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The Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard was one of the most original thinkers of the nineteenth century - and one of the most enigmatic men who ever walked the earth. Philosophically, Kierkegaard was the "bridge" that led from Hegel to Existentialism. Kierkegaard abhorred Hegel's abstract, know-it-all idealism that tried to capture reality in a few words. Kierkegaard's attack on social and religious complacency and his single-handed assault on traditional Western philosophy generated a crisis that produced a radically new way of philosophizing and made him the founder of the school that would later be called Existentialism. To Kierkegaard, reality was personal, subjective - it began and ended with the individual - and philosophy was not something one merely talked about, it was the way you lived. For such a brilliant thinker, the way Kierkegaard lived was ... somewhat too interesting. His "abstract" love affair? His obsession with death? His "Leap of Faith", his cynicism, his marvellous sense of humor - how do you put all that into one man?

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  • Title Kierkegaard for Beginners
  • Author Donald D. Palmer
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher For Beginners, Danbury, Connecticut
  • Date August 21, 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781934389140 / 1934389145
  • Weight 0.57 lbs (0.26 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.94 x 6.2 x 0.42 in (22.71 x 15.75 x 1.07 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: Scandinavian
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007299571
  • Dewey Decimal Code 198.9

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Donald Palmer is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the College of Marin in Kentfield, California. Currently he is Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is also author of Sartre For Beginners, Looking at Philosophy, and Does the Center Hold?.
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