Feminist Interpretations of Søren Kierkegaard

by Sylvia Walsh

Book Overview

Unlike many of the major figures in Western philosophy, Kierkegaard explores many issues of interest to feminist theorists today. Moreover, he does so in a style-labyrinthine, many-voiced, multilayered, adverse to authority-that adumbrates ?criture f?minine. A major question probed in the volume is whether Kierkegaard's writings are misogynist, ambivalent, or essentialist in their views of women and the feminine or whether, in some important and vital...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027101699X
• ISBN13: 9780271016993
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"