A Companion to Kierkegaard

Jon Stewart, one of the world’s leading experts on the work of Søren Kierkegaard, has here compiled the most comprehensive single-volume overview of Kierkegaard studies currently available.

• Includes contributions from an international array of Kierkegaard scholars from across the disciplines
• Covers all of the major disciplines within the broad field of Kierkegaard research, including philosophy; theology and religious studies; aesthetics, the arts and literary theory; and social sciences and politics
• Elucidates Kierkegaard’s contribution to each of these areas through examining the sources he drew upon, charting the reception of his ideas, and analyzing his unique conceptual insights into each topic
• Demystifies the complex field of Kierkegaard studies creating an accessible entry-point into his thought and writings for readers new to his work

Keywords: Philosophy, existentialism, Hegel, postmodernism, deconstruction, ethics, hermeneutics, Martin Luther, theology, German literature, Danish literature, Danish philosophy, German philosophy, humanism, literary criticism, aesthetics, psychology, anthropology