Kierkegaard: A Biography

by Alastair Hannay

Book Overview

Written by one of the world's preeminent authorities on Kierkegaard, this 2001 biography was the first to reveal the delicate imbrication of Kierkegaard's life and thought. To grasp the importance and influence of Kierkegaard's thought far beyond his native Denmark, it is necessary to trace the many factors that led this gifted but (according to his headmaster) 'exceedingly childish youth' to grapple with traditional philosophical problems and religious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521531810
• ISBN13: 9780521531818
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 522 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"