Anoop K. Gupta

Kierkegaard's Romantic Legacy

Two Theories of the Self

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Produktbeschreibung

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 provides an alternative to the idea that there is no such thing as human nature. Keywords: Kierkegaard; Philosophy; Theory of self; Metaphysics; Theology; Sociology

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Of Ottawa Press
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 205g
• ISBN-13: 9780776606163
• ISBN-10: 0776606166
• Artikelnr.: 20807364

Autorenporträt

Anoop Gupta is an independent scholar and recent PhD graduate in Philosophy from the University of Ottawa.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface  ix
Acknowledgements    x
Documentation   x
Search for the Kierkegaardian Self  1
Kierkegaard's Theological Self
1 Structure of the Self   7
  Despair   7
  Analysis   11
2 Self-Becoming  15
  Sin   15
  Anxiety   16
  A Cure  18
  The Aesthetic Stage   20
  The Ethical Stage   22
3 The God-Relationship   25
  The Religious Stage  25
  Motivation  29
  God and Ethics  33
4 Self and Knowledge   39
  Myself  39
  Godless 44
5 Reflections and Appraisals  49
  Life and Psychology   49
  Modern Loss   55
The Sociological Self
6 Rousseau   61
  Nature   61
  Morality   65
  The Social Being   67
7 Durkheim   69
  Sociologist  69
  Religion   71
  Suicide   72
8 Winnicott   77
  Dependence and Independence   77
  Interdependence   79
Some Consequences For Practice
9 The Idea of Suicide 85
  Moral Problem   85
  Social Problem  87
10 Suicide and Schizophrenia   91
  Suicide: Three Approaches   91
  Schizophrenia: Three Approaches   94
11 Existential Psychology   99
  Alfred Adler and Ludwig Binswanger  99
  Rollo May   100
  R. D. Laing   101
  Comparisons  104
12 The Self According to Kierkegaard   107
  Kierkegaard Revisited   107
Notes   111
References   129