Kierkegaard's Romantic Legacy : Two Theories of the Self / / Anoop Gupta

• Autore: Gupta Anoop <1969->
• Pubblicazione: Ottawa, : University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa, 2005; Ottawa : , : University of Ottawa Press, , 2005; ©2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (142 p.)
• Disciplina: 198.9
• Soggetto topico: Moi (Philosophie); Self (Philosophy)
• Soggetto non controllato: Philosophy; Kierkegaard; Theory of self; Theology; Sociology; Existentialism; Metaphysics; Anxiety; Émile Durkheim; God; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Schizophrenia; Søren Kierkegaard; Suicide
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-131) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Search for the Kierkegaardian Self; KIERKEGAARD'S THEOLOGICAL SELF; THE SOCIOLOGICAL SELF; SOME CONSEQUENCES FOR PRACTICE; Notes; References; Name Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In Kierkegaard's Romantic Legacy, Anoop Gupta develops an original theory of the self based on Kierkegaard's writings. Gupta proceeds by historical exegesis and considers several important ways of thinking about self outside of the natural sciences. His study moves theories of the self from theology toward sociology, from a God-relationship to a social one, and illustrates how a loss in theological underpinnings partly contributes to the rise in the popularity of cultural relativism. By drawing on Kierkegaard's writings, Gupta develops a metaphysical account of the self that provid
• Titolo autorizzato: Kierkegaard's Romantic Legacy
• ISBN: 1-280-69078-X; 9786613667724; 0-7766-1617-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910213859403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Collection Philosophica.