The New Kierkegaard [Paperback]

Placing Kierkegaard squarely within the current of contemporary continental philosophy, The New Kierkegaard reveals intriguing insights into the philosophers work and thinking. By reading Kierkegaard deconstructively, the 13 lively essays in this volume seek a deeper understanding of his work in philosophy, religion, and aesthetics.

These readings explore the breadth of Kierkegaards thought and unfold the richness of his views on the human condition. Consideration of a broad range of themesfrom irony and madness to love and experienceand textsEither/Or, Philosophical Fragments, Works of Love, and Fear and Tremblingemphasizes the ambiguities, dialectical tensions, and open-endedness of Kierkegaards philosophical writings. These innovative and original commentaries give Kierkegaard a fresh look and bring him into present-day discussions and debates in continental philosophy.

Contributors are Jacob B?ggild, John D. Caputo, Mark Dooley, Joakim Garff, Robert Gibbs, Elsebet Jegstrup, Richard Kearney, John Llewelyn, Roger Poole, Vanessa Rumble, John Vignaux Smyth, Jason Wirth, and David Wood.

Elsebet Jegstrup is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Elon University and formerly Associate Professor of Philosophy at Augusta State University in Augusta, Georgia.

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction Elsebet Jegstrup
1. Either/Or, Undecidability and Two Concepts of Irony: Kierkegaard and Derrida John D. Caputo
2. Reading Either/Or For the Very First Time Roger Poole
3. The aesthetic is above all my element Joakim Garff
4. A Rose by Any Other Name&Kierkegaardian Ironies Elsebet Jegstrup
5. On the Borderline of Madness John Llewelyn
6. Revocated Trials - On the Indirect Communication in Two of Kierkegaard's Religious Discourses Jacob B?ggild
7. The First Kiss: Tales of Innocence and Experience David Wood
8. I or You - The Dash of Ethics Robert Gibbs
9. Love and Difference: The Christian Ideal in KierklS²