Sharon Krishek

Lovers in Essence (eBook, PDF)

A Kierkegaardian Defense of Romantic Love

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Produktbeschreibung

Romantic love is a defining phenomenon in human existence, and an object of heightened interest for literature, art, popular culture, and psychology. But what is romantic love and why is it typically experienced as so central? Sharon Krishek's primary aim in this work is to explore the nature of romantic love through the philosophy of S?ren Kierkegaard, and in doing so, to defend it as a moral phenomenon. She does so by developing a connection between love and selfhood, here explained in terms of one's distinct individuality. To be a self, she claims, is to possess a "name," that is, an individual essence. It is when we love that we regard people by their names; we respond to who they truly are. Therefore, love is a correspondence between essences: if Jane Eyre loves Edward Rochester, she responds to him being "who he is," by virtue of her being "who she is." The conception of being thus correspondent has important implications as to the moral and spiritual value of romantic love. Relying on Kierkegaard's analysis of the self, of faith, and of love--even if sometimes in a way that departs from Kierkegaard's explicit position--Krishek explores these implications, construing romantic love as a desirable phenomenon, emotionally, morally, and spiritually.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197500910
• Artikelnr.: 63354163

Autorenporträt

Sharon Krishek is a Senior Lecturer in the philosophy department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the author of Kierkegaard on Faith and Love (Cambridge University Press, 2009) and Kierkegaard's Philosophy of Love (in Hebrew, Dvir Press, 2011), as well as numerous articles in journals and book collections. She is co-editor with Jeffrey Hanson of Kierkegaard's The Sickness unto Death: A Critical Guide (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Neo-Kierkegaardian Project
Chapter 1. Individual Essence
Chapter 2. The Meeting of Essences
Chapter 3. Love as a Joyful Compassionate Caring
Chapter 4. Unselfish Love
Chapter 5. Universal Love
Chapter 6. The Failure to Love Correctly: Despair
Chapter 7. Spiritual Romantic Love
Conclusion: The Value of Romantic Love