KIERKEGAARD'S THEOLOGY OF ENCOUNTER – An Edifying and Polemical Life

av Lappano, David James

Inbunden bok. –– FÖRLAGSNY! –– OUP Oxford. 2017. 276 sidor.

Nyskick. –– FÖRLAGSNY! ––

Kierkegaard's Theology of Encounter provides a theoretical framework that brings the unity of Kierkegaard's 'middle period' into relief. David Lappano analyses Kierkegaard's writings between 1846 and 1852 when the socially constructive dimension of his thought comes to prominence, involving two dialectical aspects of religiousness identified by Kierkegaard: they are the edifying and the polemical. How these come together and get worked out in the lives of
individuals form the basis of what can be called a Kierkegaardian 'social praxis'. Lappano argues that the tension between the edifying and the polemical can be coherently maintained in a communicative life that is also characteristic of a militant faith. This militant faith and life is presented as a critical guard against absolutisms, fundamentalisms, and intellectual aloofness; but the 'militant' individual is also utterly dependent, in need of edification and critique, and therefore chooses the risk of encountering others, seeking relationships out of a commitment to the development of people and communities in co-operation. Therefore, not only does this dialectic provide readers with an important theoretical framework for understanding Kierkegaard's 'middle period', it is also a valuable
resource for a constructive analysis of active social living suitable for theology in the twenty-first century.

"Lappano's book is a prime example of why Kierkegaard studies are exciting at the moment. It is not only interesting in terms of the dialogue and development of scholarship itself, but because Kierkegaard's thought is presented in compelling ways for present circumstances. The world needs the best of Kierkegaard, which Lappano deftly presents, and perhaps less of the venemous worst of Kierkegaard. That is, we need more critical, 'militant' social beings capable of resisting all absolutisms and fundamentalisms of the self and society, grounded in an edifying and polemical life such as the one Lappano constructs and commends."

[Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) är förmodligen den mest inflytelserika bland Nordens filosofer. Han levde i Köpenhamn under 1800-talet och var till skillnad från tidigare filosofer som Kant och Hegel inte del av universitetsvärlden. Med hjälp av faderns förmögenhet kunde han leva utan arbete och uteslutande ägna sig åt sitt filosofiska författarskap.
Hans självständighet märks i hans filosofi som är upptagen av subjektivitet och det enskilda (hiin enkelte). ”Subjektiviteten är sanning”, hävdar Kierkegaard. Individen skapar sig en egen sanning, vad som är sant för denne och kan bekräftas av livsödet. Filosofiska system som hos Hegel gjorde att individen kunde försvinna i helheten. …]

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