Written by one of the world''s preeminent authorities on
Kierkegaard, this 2001 biography was the first to reveal the
delicate imbrication of Kierkegaard''s life and thought. To grasp
the importance and influence of Kierkegaard''s thought far beyond
his native Denmark, it is necessary to trace the many factors that
led this gifted but according to his headmaster ''exceedingly
childish youth'' to grapple with traditional philosophical problems
and religious themes in a way that later generation
目錄:
Preface; Acknowledgements;
1. From street to salon: first blood;
2. The matter with S?ren;
3. A Faustian phase;
4. The wild geese fly;
5. The dead and the living: debut;
6. Serious about irony: the dissertation;
7. The breach and Berlin: eitheror;
8. Faith and tragic heroism;
9. More to being;
10. Notabene''s meditation;
11. Completing the stages;
12. Concluding business;
13. Reviewing the age;
14. Refashioning the exterior;
15. Works of love;
16. Defining the deed;
17. Mischievous martyr;
18. ''Poor Kierkegaard; Bibliography.