Stealing a Gift: Kierkegaard's Pseudonyms and the BibleFordham Univ Press, 2004 - 206 sider This book studies the use of biblical quotations in Kierkegaard's pseudonymous works, as well as Kierkegaard's hermeneutical methods in general. Kierkegaard's mode of writing in these works--indeed, the very method of indirect communication--consists in a certain appropriation of the Bible. Kierkegaard thus becomes God's "plagiarist," repeating the Bible by reinscribing it into his own texts, where it becomes a part of his philosophical discourse and relates to most of his conceptual constructions. The Bible might also be called a gift, but a gift that does not belong to Kierkegaard, one he merely passes along to his reader. The invisible omnipresence of God's Word in the pseudonymous works, as opposed to the signed ones, forces us to revisit the entire distinction between the religious and the aesthetic. |
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... reflected on the implications of quoting when they addressed the issue of mimesis . They took different positions with respect to mimesis and quotation . According to Plato direct discourse implied mimesis , while according to Aristotle ...
... reflected by the choice of quotations , if it is at all a matter of choice and not a mere submission to cultural conventions . Through the selection of points of reference , an author reveals his attitude toward tradition : he either ...
... reflection is the consciousness of loss and estrangement in relation to tradition . Schleiermacher believes that it is possible to replace the loss by var- ious means of historical reconstruction - by reestablishing the " world " to ...
... reflection in which we see ourselves and what mat- ters to us in the light of the text , even as we see the text in the light of ourselves and of our interests . " Indeed the task for Heidegger and Gadamer was to free Kierkegaard's ...
... reflection because it itself manifests a certain interpretation of the meaning of being . Second , he finishes the process of " depsychologization " of the hermeneutical problem , which moves from knowledge and understanding of the ...