Michael Weston

Kierkegaard and Modern Continental Philosophy (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In Kierkegaard and Modern European Philosophy: An Introduction Michael Weston argues that, despite being acknowledged as a precursor to Nietzsche and post-Nietzschean thinkers such as Heidegger and Derrida, the radical nature of Kierkegaard's critique of philosophy has been missed. Weston examines and explains the metaphysical tradition, as exemplified by Plato and Hegel, and the post-metaphysical critiques of Nietzsche, Heidegger and Derrida. He shows how Kierkegaard's ethical critique of philosophy undermines the former and escapes the latter. He considers another ethical critique of philosophy, that of Levinas, before identifying ethics as the non-philosophical site where philosophy can be criticised. Kierkegaard and Modern European Philosophy: An Introduction argues that, by refusing to allow philosophy jurisdiction over ethics and religion, Kieregaard's critique applies as much to modern continental thought as to the metaphysical thought it seeks to undermine.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134854318
• Artikelnr.: 41835052

Autorenporträt

Michael Weston Lecturer in philosophy at the University of Essex. His previous book was Morality and the Self (1975).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Kierkegaard and the metaphysical project
Chapter 2 Kierkegaard, Heidegger and the problem of existence
Chapter 3 Happiness, self-affirmation and God
Chapter 4 God and Heidegger's later thought
Chapter 5 Derrida, Wittgenstein and the question of grounds
Chapter 6 Philosophy as hubris
Chapter 7 Philosophy always comes too late
Chapter 8 A concluding revocation