Kierkegaard: Fear and Trembling

This book, first published in 2006, presents an English translation of one of the most important and influential of Kierkegaard's works.

C. Stephen Evans (Edited by), Sylvia Walsh (Edited by)

9780521612692, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 20 July 2006

154 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1 cm, 0.268 kg

"...a book that is, in terms of its translation, introduction and notes, a very worthy addition to the series of which it is a part." --John Lippitt, University of Hertfordshire: Philosophy in Review

In this rich and resonant work, Soren Kierkegaard reflects poetically and philosophically on the biblical story of God's command to Abraham, that he sacrifice his son Isaac as a test of faith. Was Abraham's proposed action morally and religiously justified or murder? Is there an absolute duty to God? Was Abraham justified in remaining silent? In pondering these questions, Kierkegaard presents faith as a paradox that cannot be understood by reason and conventional morality, and he challenges the universalist ethics and immanental philosophy of modern German idealism, especially as represented by Kant and Hegel. This volume, first published in 2006, presents the first new English translation for twenty years, by Sylvia Walsh, together with an introduction by C. Stephen Evans which examines the ethical and religious issues raised by the text.

Epigraph
Preface
Tuning up
A tribute to Abraham
Problems
Introduction
Problem 1
Problem 2
Problem 3
Epilogue.

Subject Areas: History of ideas [JFCX], Philosophy of religion [HRAB]