Angst and the Abyss: The Hermeneutics of Nothingness

by David K. Coe

Book Overview

This book takes Angst in the face of the abyss as its unifying metaphor. After a historical survey of Angst from ancient religions to Jacob Boehme, David K. Coe goes on to examine critically Angst in Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Sartre, and Tillich. He concludes by summarizing Angst in two modes: as a "reflective apprehension" of a self standing at the abyss (Sartre and Tillich), and as a "pre-reflective apprehension of the abyss itself (Kierkegaard and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891308636
• ISBN13: 9780891308638
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 8.5"