Acta Kierkegaardiana Volume VI:
Kierkegaard and Human Nature
One of the key charges Kierkegaard makes against “Hegel”, “Hegelians”, “objectivists”, and “speculative thinkers” is that their views are deficient with respect to our natures as human beings. Specifically, the above views are said to leave us wanting with regards to our natures as creatures subject to: “existence”, “actuality”, and “the ethical”. Yet, Kierkegaard’s alternative conception of human nature is not immediately evident from his writings. The aims of this volume are: to attempt to bring clarity to Kierkegaard’s conception of human nature; to outline his views on this front; and to determine, as far as possible, the nature of human nature in Kierkegaard’s thought. This, it is hoped, will make a lasting contribution to the continuing debate about the nature, significance, and legacy of Kierkegaard’s thought and work to our own self-understanding.
Contents
Being and Thinking Humanly: Human Nature as Criterion for Thought in Kierkegaard
Corey Benjamin Tutewiler
Kierkegaard and the Tearful, Laughable Goalof Human Nature and Narrative Unity
Shoni Rancher
Kierkegaard’s Upbuilding Discourses and the Ground of Morality
Alison Assiter
Kierkegaard and Atheistic Existentialism
Karen L. Carr
Reason as Love, Love as History, History as Faith: Hegel, Kierkegaard, and Christianity
Avron Kulak
The Abyss of the Heart: Transfiguration & the Imago Dei
Simon D. Podmore
The Mystical Influence on Kierkegaard’s Theological Anthropology
Christopher B. Barnett
Abolished Navigation Marks and Forgotten Ideals: Kierkegaard on the Relevance of Eternity for Human Existence
Tamara Monet Marks
The Late Kierkegaard on Human Nature
Thomas J. Millay
The Infinite Qualitative “Difficulty” in Becoming a Self
Sean Anthony Turchin
Is Socrates Kierkegaard’s ‘Natural Man’?
Jamie Turnbull