Sren Kierkegaard Reading List Essay 2

PSEUDONYMITY and INDIRECT COMMUNICATION

Why does Kierkegaard use indirect communication? Should we belie e him? Reading List Primary Texts Sren Kierkegaard ! The Point of View of My Work as an Author Sren Kierkegaards Journals and Papers ol" # $ % &ommunication A Literary e!iew 'aka" Two Ages( )rom the *a+ers o, -ne Still Li ing" .n "arly Pole#i$al Writings -n the whole/ the recommended ersions are either those by *rinceton 0ni ersity *ress 'translated by 1ong and 1ong(/ or by *enguin 'translated by 2lastair 1annay(" P%V is ,ine translated by Lowrie ,or 1ar+er i, this is what is a ailable" JP is only ,ound in a 1ong and 1ong ersion +ublished by .ndiana 0ni ersity *ress 'and ,ound as an electronic source online(" Secondary Sources 3ichael Watts/ Kierkegaard '-neworld/ 2445(/ ch" 2 &" Ste+hen E ans/ Kierkegaard& An 'ntrodu$tion '&0*/ 2446(/ ch" 2 Edward )" 3ooney/ %n Sren Kierkegaard& (ialogue) Pole#i$s) Lost 'nti#a$y) and Ti#e '2shgate/ 2447(/ chs #$8 9oakim :ar,,/ ;he Eyes o, 2rgus" .n &hamberlain and Ree 'eds(/ Kierkegaard& A *riti$al eader '<lackwells/ #66=( Roger *oole/ Kierkegaard& The 'ndire$t *o##uni$ation '0ni ersity *ress o, >irginia/ #665(/ .ntroduction :eorge *attison/ Kierkegaards +p,uilding (is$ourses 'Routledge/ 2442(/ .ntroduction/ ch" # Aims ;he aim o, this second +re+aratory essay is to gras+ a sense o, Kierkegaards most ,amous method $ indirect communication" 2lthough this will ,ocus/ there,ore/ on his earlier authorshi+ and his use o, +seudonyms/ it is communication as a whole that is o, interest here" What e,,ect is Kierkegaard aiming to ha e on his readers? L is an im+ortant addition to this area as here Kierkegaard highlights the conce+t o, the li,e? iew" What is the signi,icance o, this conce+t ,or his understanding o, authentic communication?

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