Kierkegaard & consciousness

219 Pages·1971·9.99 MB·English

by  Kierkegaard

Kierkegaard and Consciousness

Kierkegaard
&1 Consciousness
..
BY ADI SHMUELI
Translated by Naomi Handelman
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
Copyright (E) 1971, by
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
LCC 70-132241
ISBN 0-691-07143-8
This book has been composed in Linotype Baskerville
Translation of this book has been supported
by the Louis A. Robb Fund of Princeton University Press;
and publication has been aided
by Tel-Aviv University and the Whitney
Darrow Publication Reserve Fund of
Princeton University Press
Printed in the United States of America by
Princeton University Press
In memory of my teacher
MESHULAM GROLL

CONTENTS
ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
xi FOREWORD, by Paul L. Holmer
3 INTRODUCTION
9 CHAPTER I. About Consciousness in General
14 CHAPTER 2. The Esthetic Consciousness
31 CHAPTER 3. The Ethical Consciousness
49 CHAPTER 4. The Religious Consciousness
62 CHAPTER 5. Consciousness and Religions A and B
83 CHAPTER 6. The Alienation of Consciousness
104 CHAPTER 7. Consciousness and the Uses of Irony
and Humor
128 CHAPTER 8. Consciousness and Indirect
Communication
145 CHAPTER 9. The Christian Consciousness and the
Problem of Truth
176 CHAPTER 10. The Historicity and Temporality of
Consciousness
190 CHAPTER 11. Conclusion
195 WORKS CITED
197 NOTES
201 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I WOULD LIKE to express my thanks to Professor Niels
Thulstrup and Professor Howard V. Hong for facilitating
my work at the S0ren Kierkegaard Selskabet in Copenhagen.
To Professor Pierre Mesnard and Professor Claude Bruaire
of the University of Tours I am grateful for guidance during
the writing of this book. I feel especially indebted to Pro
fessor Paul L. Holmer of Yale Divinity School and to Mrs.
Carol Orr of Princeton University Press for the work they
invested in editing this book. Finally, thanks are due to
the Research Authority of Tel-Aviv University for its sup
port toward publication.
ADI SHMUELI