Jürgen Habermas on the Way to a Postmetaphysical Reading of Kierkegaard
Habermas's postmetaphysical reading of Kierkegaard is paradigmatic for his understanding of religion. It shows, why Habermas reduces religion to fideism. Therefore the paper reconstructs Habermas's reception of Kierkegaard and compares it with the accounts of Dieter Henrich and Michael The...
| Published in: | European journal for philosophy of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2019]
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| In: |
European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Habermas, Jürgen 1929-
/ Metaphysical criticism
/ Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855
/ Dialectics
/ Habermas, Jürgen 1929-, Nachmetaphysisches Denken
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism VA Philosophy |
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| Summary: | Habermas's postmetaphysical reading of Kierkegaard is paradigmatic for his understanding of religion. It shows, why Habermas reduces religion to fideism. Therefore the paper reconstructs Habermas's reception of Kierkegaard and compares it with the accounts of Dieter Henrich and Michael Theunissen. Furthermore it demonstrates how Habermas makes use of Kierkegaard's dialectics of existence to formulate his postmetaphysical thesis of a cooperative venture. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v11i4.3038 |