Kierkegaard's and Heidegger's Analysis of Existence and Its Relation to Proclamation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198855996)

The great Danish philosopher and theologian K. E. L gstrup (1905-81) offers a distinctive assessment and comparative critique of two key thinkers in Kierkegaard's and Heidegger's Analysis of Existence and its Relation to Proclamation (1950). L gstrup focuses on the central idea from Kierkegaard and Heidegger that our individuality and authenticity are threatened by 'life in the crowd' or 'das Man'. According to L gstrup, Kierkegaard holds that the only way to escape the crowd is through a relation to an infinite demand which he nonetheless leaves empty, while Heidegger avoids offering any kind of ethics at all. Arguing against both philosophers, L gstrup himself proposes an ethic which is not just a set of social rules, but which is also more contentful than Kierkegaard's infinite demand: namely, the requirement to care for the other person whose life is placed in your hands. This call to care for the other person becomes central to L gstrup's position in his most famous publication The Ethical Demand (1956), so this earlier work, based on lectures given in Berlin, provides a crucial insight into the development of his thought. This is the first English translation of an original and compelling text by L gstrup, rendered into accurate prose and paired with an introduction which explains the main themes and wider context of the work.

Author: K. E. Lstrup, Christopher Bennett
ISBN-10: 0198855990
ISBN-13: 9780198855996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 06/09/2020
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.60d