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Kierkegaardian Phenomenologies

Edited by J. Aaron Simmons; Jeffrey Hanson and Wojciech Kaftanski - Contributions by Chris Boesel; Amber Bowen; Steven DeLay; Jeffrey Hanson; Eleanor Helms; Joaquim Hernandez-Dispaux; Wojciech Kaftanski; Sharon Krishek; Thomas J. Millay; René Rosfort; J. Aaron Simmons and Merold Westphal

Kierkegaardian Phenomenologies, edited by J. Aaron Simmons, Jeffrey Hanson, and Wojciech Kaftanski, offers a substantive, diverse, and timely consideration of phenomenological engagements within the thought of Søren Kierkegaard. Featuring original essays from a distinguished collection of established and emerging global scholars representing different schools of thought, this volume explains how the interest in a phenomenological reading of Kierkegaard is not only vital, but continues to grow in importance by cultivating new readers and inviting old readers to revisit their views. Divided into four parts—"Phenomenological Explorations", "On Hearing and Seeing", "Rethinking Faith and Despair", and "Kierkegaard and New Phenomenology"—this collection not only reflects the current state of scholarly conversations in both Kierkegaardian studies and phenomenological research, but also envisions new directions in which they should go, exploring ways that a Kierkegaardian approach to phenomenology might help us to re-envision Kierkegaard scholarship and re-enliven phenomenological philosophy.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 282 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-66694-232-3 • Hardback • February 2024 • $115.00 • (£88.00)
Series: New Kierkegaard Research
Subjects: Philosophy / Individual Philosophers, Philosophy / Religious, Philosophy / Movements / Phenomenology

J. Aaron Simmons is professor of philosophy at Furman University.

Jeffrey Hanson is senior philosopher in the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University.

Wojciech Kaftanski is postdoctoral fellow in the Interdisciplinary Center for Ethics at Jagiellonian University and a research affiliate in the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University.

Acknowledgments

Sigla for Kierkegaard Works

Introduction by J. Aaron Simmons, Jeffrey Hanson, and Wojciech Kaftnaski

Part One: Phenomenological Explorations

Chapter 1: Kierkegaard: A Kind of Transcendental Phenomenologist, by Merold Westphal

Chapter 2: Kierkegaard’s Proto-Phenomenological Reduction of the Self, by Wojciech Kaftanski

Part Two: On Hearing and Seeing

Chapter 3: Listening to the Word: A Kierkegaardian Phenomenology of Hearing, by Amber Bowen

Chapter 4: Hearing the Word of God: Husserl, Heidegger, and Kierkegaard on God and Conscience, by Steven DeLay

Chapter 5: A Phenomenological Account of Kierkegaard’s Stages, by Eleanor Helms

Part Three: Rethinking Faith and Despair

Chapter 6: What Is It Like to Be a Despairer?, by Sharon Krishek

Chapter 7: The Single Individual: Phenomenology and Kierkegaard’s Subjectivity of Faith, by René Rosfort

Chapter 8: Kierkegaard and Fanon on Hegel: Does a Shared Critique of Hegel Suggest Decolonial Possibilities for a Kierkegaardian Christian Faith—or Not?, by Chris Boesel

Part Four: Kierkegaard and New Phenomenology

Chapter 9: Is it Possible to Consider God as a Possibility?: On Marion’s Reduction, Lacoste’s Irreducible Phenomenon, and Kierkegaard’s Perforated Self, by Thomas J. Millay

Chapter 10: The Problem of Existence and the Intimacy of Being: Issues and Perspectives, by Joaquim Hernandez-Dispaux

Chapter 11: The Weapons of the Weaker: Gaining Patience with Henry, Chrétien, and Kierkegaard, by J. Aaron Simmons

About the Contributors

The editors of this volume have assembled an impressive array of Kierkegaard scholars to cover the important issue of his relation to phenomenology, aware that the movement did not emerge as a discrete methodology until 50 years after his death with the thought of Husserl. In the introduction, the editors carefully situate the interface between these two areas of scholarship. They examine constructively what avenues might open up for current phenomenological debates if they were studied through the lens of key components of Kierkegaard’s thinking. The essays in this volume center on four topic areas: "Phenomenological Explorations," which compares Kierkegaard's use of metaphysical topics, such as necessity and contingency, to the same concepts in phenomenology; "Hearing and Seeing," which focuses on his phenomenological foundations in sensation and emotions; "Rethinking Faith and Despair," which shows the prescience of his concept of despair for what emerges in later phenomenology; and finally "New Phenomenology," which shows the relevance of his use of givenness, dispossession, and existence for recent phenomenologists such as Jean-Luc Marion, Jean-Yves Lacoste, and Michel Henry. Highly recommended as an accessible text that would serve a broad array of readers in both phenomenology and Kierkegaard scholarship. Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty.


— Choice Reviews


A remarkable unfolding of a Kierkegaardian approach to phenomenology. The essays in this volume are indicative of a genuine opening in Kierkegaard scholarship, implementing new ways of reading his signed and pseudonymous texts.


— Frances Maughan-Brown, College of the Holy Cross


Kierkegaardian Phenomenologies

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  • Kierkegaardian Phenomenologies, edited by J. Aaron Simmons, Jeffrey Hanson, and Wojciech Kaftanski, offers a substantive, diverse, and timely consideration of phenomenological engagements within the thought of Søren Kierkegaard. Featuring original essays from a distinguished collection of established and emerging global scholars representing different schools of thought, this volume explains how the interest in a phenomenological reading of Kierkegaard is not only vital, but continues to grow in importance by cultivating new readers and inviting old readers to revisit their views. Divided into four parts—"Phenomenological Explorations", "On Hearing and Seeing", "Rethinking Faith and Despair", and "Kierkegaard and New Phenomenology"—this collection not only reflects the current state of scholarly conversations in both Kierkegaardian studies and phenomenological research, but also envisions new directions in which they should go, exploring ways that a Kierkegaardian approach to phenomenology might help us to re-envision Kierkegaard scholarship and re-enliven phenomenological philosophy.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 282 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
    978-1-66694-232-3 • Hardback • February 2024 • $115.00 • (£88.00)
    Series: New Kierkegaard Research
    Subjects: Philosophy / Individual Philosophers, Philosophy / Religious, Philosophy / Movements / Phenomenology
Author
Author
  • J. Aaron Simmons is professor of philosophy at Furman University.

    Jeffrey Hanson is senior philosopher in the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University.

    Wojciech Kaftanski is postdoctoral fellow in the Interdisciplinary Center for Ethics at Jagiellonian University and a research affiliate in the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments

    Sigla for Kierkegaard Works

    Introduction by J. Aaron Simmons, Jeffrey Hanson, and Wojciech Kaftnaski

    Part One: Phenomenological Explorations

    Chapter 1: Kierkegaard: A Kind of Transcendental Phenomenologist, by Merold Westphal

    Chapter 2: Kierkegaard’s Proto-Phenomenological Reduction of the Self, by Wojciech Kaftanski

    Part Two: On Hearing and Seeing

    Chapter 3: Listening to the Word: A Kierkegaardian Phenomenology of Hearing, by Amber Bowen

    Chapter 4: Hearing the Word of God: Husserl, Heidegger, and Kierkegaard on God and Conscience, by Steven DeLay

    Chapter 5: A Phenomenological Account of Kierkegaard’s Stages, by Eleanor Helms

    Part Three: Rethinking Faith and Despair

    Chapter 6: What Is It Like to Be a Despairer?, by Sharon Krishek

    Chapter 7: The Single Individual: Phenomenology and Kierkegaard’s Subjectivity of Faith, by René Rosfort

    Chapter 8: Kierkegaard and Fanon on Hegel: Does a Shared Critique of Hegel Suggest Decolonial Possibilities for a Kierkegaardian Christian Faith—or Not?, by Chris Boesel

    Part Four: Kierkegaard and New Phenomenology

    Chapter 9: Is it Possible to Consider God as a Possibility?: On Marion’s Reduction, Lacoste’s Irreducible Phenomenon, and Kierkegaard’s Perforated Self, by Thomas J. Millay

    Chapter 10: The Problem of Existence and the Intimacy of Being: Issues and Perspectives, by Joaquim Hernandez-Dispaux

    Chapter 11: The Weapons of the Weaker: Gaining Patience with Henry, Chrétien, and Kierkegaard, by J. Aaron Simmons

    About the Contributors

Reviews
Reviews
  • The editors of this volume have assembled an impressive array of Kierkegaard scholars to cover the important issue of his relation to phenomenology, aware that the movement did not emerge as a discrete methodology until 50 years after his death with the thought of Husserl. In the introduction, the editors carefully situate the interface between these two areas of scholarship. They examine constructively what avenues might open up for current phenomenological debates if they were studied through the lens of key components of Kierkegaard’s thinking. The essays in this volume center on four topic areas: "Phenomenological Explorations," which compares Kierkegaard's use of metaphysical topics, such as necessity and contingency, to the same concepts in phenomenology; "Hearing and Seeing," which focuses on his phenomenological foundations in sensation and emotions; "Rethinking Faith and Despair," which shows the prescience of his concept of despair for what emerges in later phenomenology; and finally "New Phenomenology," which shows the relevance of his use of givenness, dispossession, and existence for recent phenomenologists such as Jean-Luc Marion, Jean-Yves Lacoste, and Michel Henry. Highly recommended as an accessible text that would serve a broad array of readers in both phenomenology and Kierkegaard scholarship. Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty.


    — Choice Reviews


    A remarkable unfolding of a Kierkegaardian approach to phenomenology. The essays in this volume are indicative of a genuine opening in Kierkegaard scholarship, implementing new ways of reading his signed and pseudonymous texts.


    — Frances Maughan-Brown, College of the Holy Cross


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