Drawing on a wide range of writings, this original work offers a novel way of approaching the concepts of fall, repetition and freedom. More specifically, it explores the interrelationship between the notions of the fall, repetition and freedom focusing primarily on the writings of Kierkegaard and secondarily on those of Kant, St. Augustine and Schelling.
Pivotal to this project is a reinterpretation of Kierkegaard's notion of 'taking notice' and its elevation to the status of a central principle with the aid of which various conceptualisations of freedom, repetition and the fall become accessible. This primary interest is furthermore linked to an investigation of the emergence of different aspects of human singularity and of the divine. In this respect, particular emphasis is given the special relationship between the human and divine, which in Kierkegaard takes the form of what in the present work is termed 'double contemporaneity', a concept coined to describe the peculiar relationship between the single individual and divinity that culminates in the sacrificial expression of divine and human love.
Series Editor's Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
'Taking Notice': An Introduction
PART I: ANXIETY AND INDIVIDUALITY
The Topos of Anxiety
Anxiety, Death and the Leap
PART II: TIME, HISTORY AND THE FALL: ST. AUGUSTINE AND KANT
St. Augustine on Fallen and Redeemed Time
History, Fall, Freedom: Reflections on Kant
PART III: FREEDOM AND ETERNITY: SCHELLING'S SAGA
Schelling's Conception of Freedom and Identity
Theo-cosmo-gony: Eternal Past and Human Freedom
PART IV: KIERKEGAARD'S CREED OF FAITH: CONTEMPORANEITY AND REPETITION
Repetition: A Transcendent Movement Towards Faith
Double Contemporaneity, or the Paradox of Repetition
Concluding Thoughts
Postscript: 'Taking Notice'/On Tarkovsky's Sacrifice
Notes
Bibliography
Index
VASILIKI TSAKIRI holds an MA in Philosophy and Social Theory from the University of Warwick, UK and a PhD from Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK. She currently teaches Philosophy at the University of Patras, Greece, and holds a Visiting Departmental Fellowship at the department of History, Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Description
Drawing on a wide range of writings, this original work offers a novel way of approaching the concepts of fall, repetition and freedom. More specifically, it explores the interrelationship between the notions of the fall, repetition and freedom focusing primarily on the writings of Kierkegaard and secondarily on those of Kant, St. Augustine and Schelling.
Pivotal to this project is a reinterpretation of Kierkegaard's notion of 'taking notice' and its elevation to the status of a central principle with the aid of which various conceptualisations of freedom, repetition and the fall become accessible. This primary interest is furthermore linked to an investigation of the emergence of different aspects of human singularity and of the divine. In this respect, particular emphasis is given the special relationship between the human and divine, which in Kierkegaard takes the form of what in the present work is termed 'double contemporaneity', a concept coined to describe the peculiar relationship between the single individual and divinity that culminates in the sacrificial expression of divine and human love.
Contents
Series Editor's Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
'Taking Notice': An Introduction
PART I: ANXIETY AND INDIVIDUALITY
The Topos of Anxiety
Anxiety, Death and the Leap
PART II: TIME, HISTORY AND THE FALL: ST. AUGUSTINE AND KANT
St. Augustine on Fallen and Redeemed Time
History, Fall, Freedom: Reflections on Kant
PART III: FREEDOM AND ETERNITY: SCHELLING'S SAGA
Schelling's Conception of Freedom and Identity
Theo-cosmo-gony: Eternal Past and Human Freedom
PART IV: KIERKEGAARD'S CREED OF FAITH: CONTEMPORANEITY AND REPETITION
Repetition: A Transcendent Movement Towards Faith
Double Contemporaneity, or the Paradox of Repetition
Concluding Thoughts
Postscript: 'Taking Notice'/On Tarkovsky's Sacrifice
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Authors
VASILIKI TSAKIRI holds an MA in Philosophy and Social Theory from the University of Warwick, UK and a PhD from Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK. She currently teaches Philosophy at the University of Patras, Greece, and holds a Visiting Departmental Fellowship at the department of History, Goldsmiths College, University of London.
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