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- Title
Subjectivity and Ambiguity: Anxiety and Love in Kierkegaard.
- Authors
Houmark, Amanda
- Abstract
This paper seeks to emphasize the connection between the concepts of anxiety and love as central phenomena in both Kierkegaard's anthropology and ethics. Through the analysis of these two concepts, which Kierkegaard says "to be in the ground of man," this paper argues that love or purity of heart should not be seen as an alternative or solution to anxiety or ambiguity. Instead, it suggests that understanding the two concepts jointly unveils how the single individual in subjectivity is in a constant flux between entangling oneself in a self-enclosed reserve on the one hand and opening up to the risks of being on 70,000 fathoms of water and yet being joyful on the other hand.
- Subjects
KIERKEGAARD, Soren, 1813-1855; CHRISTIAN ethics; ANXIETY; ANTHROPOLOGY; PURITY (Ethics)
- Publication
Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook, 2018, Vol 23, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
1430-5372
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/kierke-2018-0004