| Author/Contributor(s): | Kirmmse, Bruce H |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
| Date: | 08/22/1990 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
It is a rare work of philosophy that not only clarifies its subject but also places it within an intellectual and historical context. In his study of 19th-century Danish philosopher Kierkegaard, Kirmmse accomplishes both, setting a standard . . . --Library Journal
. . . an outstanding contribution to Kierkegaard research . . . The book is intellectual history of the highest calibre. --So[slash]ren Kierkegaard Newsletter
This excellent book is recommended for all collections on Kierkegaard . . . For all readers. --Choice
This richly researched and readable book supplies an important contribution to the widespread reappropriation of Kierkegaard's thought currently taking place. --Theology Today
This book is a tour de force in intellectual history. --Review of Metaphysics
Kirmmse's book is a major work of scholarship that confers on Kierkegaard's social and intellectual universe a depth and a richness of detail that will permanently alter the familiar stereotypes about Kierkegaard's isolation from his fellow Danes and his supposedly fanatical campaign against philistine Denmark and its corrupt state church. --American Historical Review
Against the background of Denmark's evolution from a mercantile economy to a broad-based agricultural economy, Kirmmse reinterprets Kierkegaard's thought as a reaction to the tensions within his society.