ABSTRACT

George Pattison provides a bold and innovative reassessment of Kierkegaard's neglected Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses and reading of his work as a whole. The first full length assessment of the discourses in English, this volume will be essential reading for philosophers and theologians, and anyone interested in Kierkegaard and the history of philosophy.

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

chapter |23 pages

Kierkegaard's right hand

chapter |30 pages

The human condition

chapter |25 pages

Before God

chapter |23 pages

The language of upbuilding

chapter |24 pages

Building up love's ruins

chapter |27 pages

Love's witness