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Kierkegaard's Romantic Legacy: Two Theories of the Self

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Anoop Gupta
2005
Published by: University of Ottawa Press
Series: Philosophica
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In Kierkegaard's Romantic Legacy, Anoop Gupta develops an original theory of the self-based on Kierkegaard's writings. Gupta proceeds by historical exegesis and considers several important ways of thinking about self-outside of the natural sciences. His study moves theories of the self from theology toward sociology, from a God-relationship to a social one, and illustrates how a loss in theological underpinnings partly contributes to the rise in the popularity of cultural relativism. By drawing on Kierkegaard's writings, Gupta develops a metaphysical account of the self that provides an alternative to the idea that there is no such thing as human nature. Keywords: Kierkegaard; Philosophy; Theory of self; Metaphysics; Theology; Sociology. Published in English.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Title page, Copyright, Dedication

Contents

Preface

pp. ix-x

Search for the Kierkegaardian Self

pp. 1-4

KIERKEGAARD'S THEOLOGICAL SELF

pp. 5

1. Structure of the Self

pp. 7-14

2. Self-Becoming

pp. 15-24

3. The God-Relationship

pp. 25-37

4. Self and Knowledge

pp. 39-47

5. Reflections and Appraisals

pp. 49-57

THE SOCIOLOGICAL SELF

pp. 59

6. Rousseau

pp. 61-68

7. Durkheim

pp. 69-75

8. Winnicott

pp. 77-82

SOME CONSEQUENCES FOR PRACTICE

pp. 83

9. The Idea of Suicide

pp. 85-89

10. Suicide and Schizophrenia

pp. 91-98

11. Existential Psychology

pp. 99-106

12. The Self According to Kierkegaard

pp. 107-109

Notes

pp. 111-127

References

pp. 129-131

Name Index

pp. 133
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