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How have lit been celebrating the 200th birthday of Kierkegaard?

I visited his grave this morning.

>> No.3726093

>>3726064
Noone reads Kierkegaard on lit

>> No.3726097

>>3726093
i read fear and trembling and either/or but i don't celebrate dead people's birthday

>> No.3726102

I've clicked on his google-doodle.

And I'm thinking about adding one of his works to my to-read list. Any suggestions? If possible with a link to an electronical version (prefferably in english or german, I don't now if I could handle danish from the 1840s).

>> No.3726103

>>3726102
fear & trembling perfect for newcomers

>> No.3726106

I recognized the immortality of my I.

>> No.3726121

>>3726102
People usually refer to Either/Or for starting with Kierkegaard, i'd probably say Fear and Trembling though.

First I would say that you should read about his life, it is quite essential in understanding him. Something about the life he lived, and the choices he made, most important is how he didn't complete his theology studies, how he lived from his fathers money, and most importantly of all, how he resigned from an engagement with a girl he loved. The reason for breaking with this girl, Regine, can be widely discussed, probably because he couldn't conform to the unauthentic idea that marriage is equal a loving relationship, or perhaps because he didn't want to let Regine get destroyed by his own problems.

Second, this is not as important, read some of the philosophical context, i.e. Hegel had 'ended' philosophy some 30-40 years earlier, which had left philosophy in some kind of stagnation, which Kierkegaard of course opposed.

Most of philosophy after Hegel is some kind of attack on philosophy, metaphilosophy, Marx, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard. Also, read something about existentialism before going into Kierkegaard, that is his main asset to me.

>> No.3726132

>>3726064
I think it's sad that most people are celebrating Kierkegaard much more than they would celebrate Kant or Hegel.

Not because I like them better, I prefer Kierkegaard, but because he is a thinker that is so in opposition to our times, to most things people value, that the fact that this is not recognized is such a sign of the intellectual swamp we are currently living it.

>> No.3726133

>>3726102
>>3726121
I don't know if my post makes any sense, I just want to add that you will probably have it easy when understanding the Danish terms Kierkegaard uses for certain things, as it lies very close to German. I know I can understand most of Nietzsche's German terminology.

I don't read Kierkegaard in the original 1840s Danish when I read a work for the first time. After having understood it, it can be thrilling to read one of the originals though. His handwriting is so aesthetically pleasing.

>> No.3726152

>>3726132
Oh well, I think exactly the same when I hear people talk about him in media.

The papers yesterday brought an article that talked about different ways Kierkegaard would look down upon us, telling us we are full of angst, our relationships are superficial etc.

The TV programmes i've watched today about him was sort of prolific, in the way that they talked about how he opposed everything. There was one critic who thought this ultra-criticism was a sign of angst itself.

But yes, it is obnoxious how people talk so freely about him from time to time

>> No.3726158

>>3726103
>>3726121

I've found a digital copy of Fear and Trembling. I've some basic knowledge about his life, since it was all over the danish news the last few days, but I'll try to get a deeper picture before I start.

Thanks

>> No.3726182

>>3726158
You watched the danish news?

You need to remember that its a pseudonym he writes under, which is in itself very existentialistic. Kierkegaard writes about the leap of faith, without necessarily standing one hundred percent behind it.

It's like how the existing person can discuss with a priest at one time, pretending to believe in God, and with an atheist the next time, agreeing with both, as everything is a play to him.

Oh well, what ever. Have fun reading Kierkegaard, I hope you're young, teenagers get most out of him. Read his stuff about love if you're into girls a lot.

>> No.3726186

Related: https://www.coursera.org/course/kierkegaard

>> No.3726201

>>3726152
I think that the biggest problem to understand fully kierkegaard is that people don't read his edifying sermons. One could say anything but not that his reading of the sermon of the mountain is angsty.

>> No.3726211

>>3726186
>https://www.coursera.org/course/kierkegaard

Can anyone sign up for this? I'll be done with my gymnasium this summer, and I'll probably get a job and work a year before I'll start studying.

I've been at a seminar at Vartov about Kierkegaard, it was pretty bleak. Oh boy, oh boy, I'll look forward to this

>> No.3726244

>>3726182
Yea, I live in Denmark since one year, that's why I read danish news. My danish is still a bit rough and I don't know how much danish has changed since the 1840s, that's why I asked for something in english or german.

>> No.3726271

>>3726244
I've just gotten Die Leiden des jungen Werthers in danish, since my german is so rough as well.

>> No.3726279

>>3726211
Yes, its completely free and anyone can sign up for it. All you need is to register and account on coursera.

>> No.3726321
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>>3726093
I do, Kierkegaard was the first philosopher I got into.
now I live in despair over the relationship I broke off out of anxiety and spend my days studying philosophy and theology

I've been looking for his works but most of the non-essential ones (and most of the essential for that matter) aren't online or cost $100. I've been particularly looking for his Concluding Unscientific Postscript, but I'm not particularly optimistic.

>> No.3726337

>>3726321
>now I live in despair over the relationship I broke off out of anxiety and spend my days studying philosophy and theology

This is a quite accurate for me as well.

>> No.3726352

>>3726321
Are you me?

>> No.3726369

>>3726321
I think most existing people who have delved into themselves to search for an 'I', end up as Kierkegaard. In deep despair, while trying to outline the meaning of this despair

>> No.3728750

Does anybody have the picture of Kierkegaard with shades I've seen posted here a few times. I need it for reasons.

>> No.3728770

>>3726064

I do not partake in vacuous events related to dead people nor I idolize a single human being.

>> No.3729094

How do i get into Kierkegaard if i have no previous experience reading philosophy?

>> No.3729211

>>3729094

either-or

>> No.3729253

>>3729094
Fear and Trembling.

>> No.3729272

>>3729094
orgy of the will

>> No.3729293

>>3726064
I whisked through his shelf at the university library. I am truly a knight of faith.

>> No.3729303

>>3729272
hahah