<p>A large part of modern Western philosophy defines selfhood as the self’s ability to master itself and psychological wellbeing as the actualization of self-integration. However, as this thesis argues, Kierkegaard’s understanding of longing for God challenges this understanding human identity, especially as it is articulated by Kant and the German Idealists. Through an examination of Kierkegaard’s <em>Concluding Unscientific Postscript</em> and his religious discourses, the thesis argues that Kierkegaard’s theology of longing both undermines the modern psychology understanding of autonomous selfhood and preserves a qualified understanding of autonomy. The thesis argues that Kierkegaard’s theology has much in common with Augustine’s understanding of longing in <em>The Confessions.</em> For Kierkegaard, the longing for God is not just a heteronomous desire for self-annihilation in God. The longing in question is relational and intellectual; it is a response to God’s illuminative self-revelation and self-communicative love. But as relational, the life lived in longing for God is not wholly autonomous either. In prayer the soul experiences its own neediness and imperfections as it begins to experience God’s perfection. Broadly conceived, the thesis explores Kierkegaard’s understanding of this <em>neither . . . nor . . . </em>, that is, his understanding of a religious life lived neither fully autonomously nor fully heteronomously. The thesis argues further that much contemporary scholarship cannot take Kierkegaard’s relational understanding of the God-relationship seriously and therefore misinterprets his understanding of human identity.</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Hace algún tiempo ya, decidimos, con un grupo de amigos, formar un círculo de lectura sobre Kierkegaard. Elegimos, para nuestro propósito, El instante. La elección fue motivada por lo seductor del título que a unos evocaba reflexiones sobre la naturaleza de la temporalidad al estilo de Heidegger o Agustín y a otros, más familiarizados con el pensamiento del danés, prometía una discusión sobre la importancia de la acción presente -donde "instante" podía interpretarse como un "¡ya!"- articulada en alguna propuesta ética. En razón de estas expectativas, el libro resultó bastante desilusionante: si bien se tematizaban tanto la temporalidad como la acción, la discusión presentada se enmarcaba en el ámbito de la religión y valores cristianos, y parecía dirigirse al individuo sin ninguna mediación del ámbito social.

La Méditation sur la liberté inspirée de Kierkegaard et de Kundera s’interroge d’un point de vue existentiel sur la liberté. Elle cherche à comprendre pourquoi face à un choix un individu ne considère pas tous les possibles comme possibles. Sa première partie est basée sur Le concept d’angoisse, simple éclaircissement psychologique préalable au problème du péché originel par Kierkegaard et sa deuxième partie, ayant pour base théorique la première, s’appuie sur deux romans de Kundera : L’Immortalité et L’insoutenable légèreté de l’être. C’est à travers ces trois textes que la réflexion se développe autour de l’angoisse, qui rend possible la liberté, et de la légèreté, qui est un terme employé pour désigner le moment où l’homme se retrouve face à tous les possibles qui s’offrent à lui.

Le double objectif de cette étude est d'examiner le rôle crucial joué par le concept de sujet dans les pensées d'Adorno et de Kierkegaard et de ressaisir les enjeux de la critique adornienne de la théorie kierkegaardienne du sujet. Pour ce faire, l'étude engage son investigation sur trois fronts. D'abord, elle s'attache à examiner la présentation kierkegaardienne de la théorie du sujet dans le Post-scriptum aux Miettes philosophiques. Ensuite, elle analyse sa critique immanente à l'intérieur de l' Habilitationsschrift d'Adorno: Kierkegaard. Construction de l'esthétique. Dans la conclusion, elle opère un retour dialectique sur les deux sections antérieures et fait voir que, si Kierkegaard et Adorno misent sur le sujet comme force de résistance face à l'oppression exercée par la totalité sociale, ils signalent l'inanité de tout volontarisme politique.

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Diagnosing a contemporary societal lack in regards to the foundational virtue of patience, this comparative study of Søren Kierkegaard’s three upbuilding discourses To Gain One’s Soul in Patience, To Preserve One’s Soul in Patience and Patience in Expectancy (1844) is studied in relation to the work of St Peter of Damascus in the eastern orthodox writings of the Philokalia (12th century A.D.). The author seeks to trace differences and similarities in between the two authors, in order to explore the possible occurrence of a shared virtue ethic on the subject of patience, bridging east end west across history and church tradition. The thesis makes a brief historical presentation of the Philokalia, wherein it treats the practise of virtuous patience in the eastern orthodox tradition and lays out an outline of the thematic treatment of patience in the writings of St Peter of Damascus. It further presents a basic overview of Kierkegaardian theology in relation to patience before it explores the three discourses through a comparative analysis, followed by a discussion where similarities and differences are traced. Similarities are treated in a schematic manner under general themes of hesychia, man and God, patience and the virtues, discrimination, kenosis, the fragmentation of impatience, impatience and society and the ontological status of patience. Differences are traced to general historical and traditional contexts. The Philokalia, being as it is, intertwined within the orthodox ecclesiastical and traditional understanding, and Kierkegaard as a critical protestant searching for Christian roots. The thesis finishes with the conclusion that the main themes emerging in Kierkegaard’s three discourses on patience are broadly congruent with the writings of St Peter of Damascus in The Philokalia. The main differences found in between the two being those of historical, ecclesiastical and traditional nature.

Existentialism has come to be seen as championing human freedom. The yearning for freedom does indeed run throughout this tradition together with an anti-metaphysical sentiment which lends itself to the rejection of a determinism which views human beings as mechanisms. But it would be a mistake to think that an existentialist necessarily advocates the doctrine of free will. A distinction must be made between free will and the idea of freedom as it appears in the writings of the major existentialists. Free will is to commonly understood to be a requirement for moral accountability. It is the metaphysics, or what Freidrich Nietzsche would call "the mythology" behind every act of blaming a huinan being. Out of the four major existentialists-Soren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, and Jean-Paul Sartre-Sartre is the only philosopher who seems to defend this metaphysics. "Existential Freedom," although compatible with the thesis of free will, does not necessitate it. Rather, it invites us to move beyond the guilt ridden ideas of responsibility associated with the moral subject, and embrace a grand responsibility for our future.

S’il était possible de résumer le contenu d’un mémoire de maîtrise en moins de cent cinquante mots, cela signifierait qu’un très grand nombre de mots, de lignes, de paragraphes et de chapitres seraient, à toutes fins utiles, inutiles et superflus. Le résumé afficherait alors fièrement le résultat obtenu au terme d’une démarche dont on pourrait enfin se débarrasser. Tout le monde y gagnerait : l’auteur serait d’autant plus léger qu’il n’aurait plus à traîner son boulet et quiconque ne s’intéresse qu’au positif apprendrait en moins de temps qu’il n’en faut pour crier « ciseaux » que la question du fondement, ici abordée à partir du Concept d’angoisse et à la manière de Kierkegaard, est inséparable, entre autres choses, de la pseudonymie, de l’ambiance, de la dialectique et de l’interprétation.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-07-04T19:33:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 romulogomesdeoliveira.pdf: 629952 bytes, checksum: 5c6eb922d630905d0cb040685d77f711 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-07-13T16:22:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 romulogomesdeoliveira.pdf: 629952 bytes, checksum: 5c6eb922d630905d0cb040685d77f711 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-13T16:22:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 romulogomesdeoliveira.pdf: 629952 bytes, checksum: 5c6eb922d630905d0cb040685d77f711 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-12 / Este trabalho visa analisar alguns conceitos relevantes para a compreensão de uma filosofia da religião no pensamento de Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855), bem como a interrelação entre eles, assumindo como problemática central a relação entre ser humano particular e Deus. Embora a obra de Kierkegaard se caracterize por uma grande complexidade, este trabalho apóia-se sobre um eixo conceitual capaz de conferir uma unidade de sentido ao conjunto de seus escritos: a relação de fundamento do indivíduo em Deus no processo existencial de tornar-se si-mesmo. Este procedimento permite demonstrar a viabilidade, do ponto de vista da Ciência da Religião, de se ler a construção de uma filosofia da religião por Kierkegaard, a partir das condições necessárias para que um ser humano alcance sua individualidade efetiva. A ideia basilar deste trabalho é a de que, embora toda pessoa nasça humana, é preciso que se torne um si-mesmo, um indivíduo, pois, conforme a antropologia kierkegaardiana, a individualidade não é um dado a priori, mas a potencialidade mais específica do ser humano que só pode ser alcançada com empenho pessoal. Ela corresponde à máxima realização humana numa dimensão absoluta. Por isso, sua possibilidade está ligada a uma relação em que Deus – o absoluto – é seu único fundamento. Por meio deste trabalho, é possível inferir que Kierkegaard desenvolve uma noção própria de religião que não se restringe à dimensão cúltica nem a uma função da vida social. Trata-se de compreender a vida humana como existir diante de Deus. O modo da existência, em sua configuração necessária segundo a qualidade da relação que se estabelece com Deus, é a marca fundamental do que se pode entender por religião na filosofia kierkegaardiana. / This study aims to examine some relevant concepts to an understanding of a philosophy of religion from the Søren Aabye Kierkegaard’s thought (1813-1855) as well as the interrelationship between them, taking as a central problematic relationship between particular human being and God. Although Kierkegaard's work is characterized by great complexity, this work rests on a conceptual axis capable of conferring a sense of unity to the whole of his writings: the relationship of the individual foundation in God in the existential process of becoming oneself. This procedure allows demonstrating the viability, from the standpoint of the science of religion, to read the construction of a philosophy of religion by Kierkegaard, from the conditions necessary for a human being effectively reach his individuality. The basic idea of this work is that, while every person is born as a human being, every person must become a self, an individual, because, according to Kierkegaard anthropology, individuality is not an a priori given, but the most specific human potentiality which can be accomplished only through the personal commitment. It corresponds to the highest human achievement in absolute dimension. Therefore, its possibility is linked to a relationship that God - the absolute - is its only grounding. Through this work, we can infer that Kierkegaard develops his own concept of religion that is not restricted to the cultic dimension or to a function of a social life. It is to understand human life as there is with God. The mode of existence in its necessary configuration according to the quality of the relationship established with God, is the fundamental feature of what one can understand to be the religion in Kierkegaard’s philosophy.

Orientador : Oswaldo Giacoia Junior / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T06:20:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Paula_MarcioGimenesde_D.pdf: 686730 bytes, checksum: 2ad1ca2ae3bb70d249830b23d3371324 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a questão do indivíduo e da comunidade no interior da crítica de Kierkegaard (1813-1855) à cristandade. Tal polêmica revela uma face religiosa ou teológica, mas antes reflete uma crítica filosófica, que pode ser melhor observada pela perspectiva da filosofia da religião. O autor dinamarquês caracteriza-se por ser essencialmente um pós-hegeliano, tanto em sua cronologia quanto em sua temática. Dessa forma, pretende-se abordá-lo aqui enquanto tal, ainda que guardando delimitações específicas. As considerações introdutórias fornecem, notadamente a partir da interpretação de Karl Löwith, o ambiente filosófico e histórico dos pós-hegelianos críticos da cristandade (e do cristianismo). Dentre esses pensadores, destaca-se a figura de Kierkegaard. O primeiro capítulo tem por meta analisar o problema da verdade objetiva no cristianismo. Para tanto, será especialmente analisada a primeira parte da obra kierkegaardiana Post-Scriptum às Migalhas Filosóficas, uma vez que nela tal problema é proposto. O segundo capítulo analisará a questão do indivíduo e do universal dentro da obra kierkegaardiana. A obra selecionada como principal foco de tal análise é o Livro sobre Adler. Como encadeamento orgânico dessa temática, o terceiro capítulo coloca, a propósito da dialética entre o indivíduo e o comunitário na obra de Kierkegaard, questões centrais do cristianismo como: martírio, apostolado, genialidade e heroísmo. Tais questões serão analisadas especialmente através de uma leitura e interpretação dos Dois pequenos tratados ético-religiosos e do discurso As preocupações dos pagãos. O quarto capítulo pretende avaliar a polêmica kierkegaardiana contra a cristandade propriamente dita. Aborda-se aqui especialmente os artigos de A Pátria, O Instante e o discurso A imutabilidade de Deus. O intuito é demonstrar o quanto a polêmica kierkegaardiana contra a cristandade foi preparada no decorrer de toda a obra e dotada de uma teleologia própria e específica. Por fim, as relações dialéticas entre a comunidade e o indivíduo na obra kierkegaardiana são retomadas nas considerações finais, que pretendem ser uma análise organizada das idéias de Kierkegaard, notadamente em matéria de crítica da cristandade e em filosofia da religião / Abstract: The purpose of this research is to study the question concerning the individual and the community in Kierkegaard¿s works (1813-1855), specially in his criticism of Christendom. There is in this polemic a religiosous and theological face, but there is a philosophical criticism too, that can be better analysed second the perspective of philosophy of religion. The danish author is a post hegelian in his cronology and thematic. In this way, his interpretion is researched here, with these previous delimitations. The introduction give, second Karl Löwith¿s interpretation, the philosophical and historical context of the post hegelianism and his criticism on the question of Christendom (and Christianity). Kierkegaard is one of these thinkers. The first chapter analyses the problem concerning objective true in Christianity. This question is researched in the first part of Concluding Unscientific Post-Scriptum to Philosophical Fragments, where it is firstly proposed. The second chapter studies the question concerning the individual and the universal in Kierkegaard¿s works. The work analyses specially for this question is The Book on Adler. In the same way and thematic, the third chapter studies, in this discussion between individual and comunity in Kierkegaard¿s works, central questions of the Christianity: questions like martyr, apostle, genius and heroi. These problems will be analyses specially in Two Minor Ethico-religious essays and in the discurse The worries of the heathen. The fourth chapter analyses the polemic against the Christendom. The works specially researched here are the articles of The Fatherland, The Moment and the discourse The changelessness of God. The aim is to prove that the kierkegaardian polemic with the Christendom was a specially objective. This research is concluded, with the analyses of the dialetical relations between community and individual in Kierkegaard¿s works. Many Kierkegaard¿s works was used here. Otherwise, the aim of this research is to study in an organizated form, the Kierkegaard¿s conceptions, specially about his Christendom cristicism and his philosophy of religion / Doutorado / Filosofia / Doutor em Filosofia