1st Edition

Melancholy and the Critique of Modernity Soren Kierkegaard's Religious Psychology

By Harvie Ferguson Copyright 1995
    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    The connections between the emergence of modern society and the experience of melancholy are explored through a comprehensive re-examination of Soren Kierkegaard's rich and insightful writings.

    Part I The physiognomy of the present age; Chapter 1 Melancholy; Chapter 2 Irony; Chapter 3 Reflection; Part II Despair; Chapter 4 Revolution of the spheres; Chapter te5 Between existence and non-existence; Chapter te6 The religion of inwardness; Part III Reduplication; Chapter 7 The upbuilding; Chapter te8 Edification; Inconclusive postscript;

    Biography

    Harvie Ferguson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Glasgow University.

    `... remarkably thought-provoking study, ... But this is not your usual instroduction - this examination of both modernity ad Kirkegaard through the prism of the complex of phenomena termed `melancholy' gives both novice and veteran in Kierkegaard studies a very rich book, deserving and repaying re-readings.' - Religious Studies Vol 31