Kierkegaard, Mimesis, and Modernity: A Study of, Kaftanski Hardcover Har..

Name: Kierkegaard, Mimesis, and Modernity: A Study of, Kaftanski Hardcover Har..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Kierkegaard, Mimesis, and ModernityA Study of Imitation, Existence, and Affect\nAuthor(s): Wojciech Kaftanski\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367695590, 978-0367695590\nSynopsis\nThis book challenges the widespread view of Kierkegaards idiosyncratic and predominantly religious position on mimesis.\n\nTaking mimesis as a crucial conceptual point of reference in reading Kierkegaard, this book offers a nuanced understanding of the relation between aesthetics and religion in his thought. Kaftanski shows how Kierkegaard's dialectical-existential reading of mimesis interlaces aesthetic and religious themes, including the familiar core concepts of imitation, repetition, and admiration as well as the newly arisen notions of affectivity, contagion, and crowd behavior. Kierkegaards enduring relevance to the malaises of our own day is firmly established by his classic concern for the meaning of human life informed by refle.