Fear and Trembling: Dialectical Lyric by Johannes De Silentio (Penguin Great Ideas Ser.)
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- Synopsis
- Writing under the pseudonym of Johannes de silentio, Kierkegaard uses the form of a dialectical lyric to present his conception of faith. Abraham is portrayed as a great man, who chose to sacrifice his son, Isaac, in the face of conflicting expectations and in defiance of any conceivable ethical standard. The infamous and controversial 'teleological suspension of the ethical' challenged the contemporary views of Hegel's universal moral system, and the suffering individual must alone make a choice 'on the strength of the absurd'. Kierkegaard's writings have inspired both modern Protestant theology and existentialism.
- Copyright:
- 2005
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780141906232
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780141395883, 9780140444490
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Date of Addition:
- 11/01/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Soren Kierkegaard, Alastair Hannay
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Philosophy
- Grade Levels:
- Twelfth grade
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Introduction by:
- Alastair Hannay
- Translator:
- Alastair Hannay