A Literary Review (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Kierkegaard, Soren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140448012 ISBN 13: 9780140448016

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2001

Synopsis

While ostensibly commenting on the work of a contemporary novelist, Kierkegaard used this review as a critique of his society and age. The influence of this short piece has been far-reaching. The apocalyptic final sections are the source for central notions in Heidegger's Being and Time. Later readers have seized on the essay as a prophetic analysis of our own time. Its concepts have been drawn into current debates on identity, addiction, and social conformity.

About this title

About the Author:

Danish-born S¢ren Kierkegaard (1813-55) wrote on a wide variety of themes, including religion, psychology, and literature. He is remembered for his philosophy which was influential in the development of 20th century existentialism. Alastair Hannay is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo. He is co-editor of the Cambridge Companion to Kierkegaard and has translated Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling, The Sickness unto Death, Either/ Or, and Papers and Journals for Penguin Classics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0140448012
• ISBN 13: 9780140448016
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 109
• Editor: Hannay Alastair