Humour and Irony in Kierkegaard's Thought

ISBN: 9780312234744

出版社: Palgrave Macmillan

出版年: 2000-11-25

页数: 224

定价: USD 105.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

Irony, humor and the comic play vital yet under-appreciated roles in Kierkegaard's thought. Focusing upon the Concluding Unscientific Postscript, this book investigates these roles, relating irony and humor as forms of the comic to central Kierkegaardian themes. How does the comic function as a form of "indirect communication"? What roles can irony and humor play in the infamous Kierkegaardian "leap"? Do certain forms of wisdom depend upon possessing a sense of humor? And is such a sense of humor thus a genuine virtue?