Kierkegaard’s Existential Sacrifice
Abstract This paper aims to analyze the notions of sacrifice and existential entrapment in the early writings of Søren Kierkegaard. I look at two female characters that appear in Kierkegaard’s Either/Or – Marie Beaumarchais and Donna Elvira – and I argue that an encounter with a deceptive individual...
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Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
Idioma: | Inglês |
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Brill
2022
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Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
Ano: 2022, Volume: 8, Número: 2, Páginas: 354-376 |
Outras palavras-chave: | B
Seduction
B Or / Either B reflective sorrow B Kierkegaard B Existential Philosophy B Sacrifice |
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Resumo: | Abstract This paper aims to analyze the notions of sacrifice and existential entrapment in the early writings of Søren Kierkegaard. I look at two female characters that appear in Kierkegaard’s Either/Or – Marie Beaumarchais and Donna Elvira – and I argue that an encounter with a deceptive individual (a seducer) forced these two women to sacrifice their capacity for existential-spiritual growth. Donna Elvira and Marie Beaumarchais remain trapped – as Kierkegaard frames it – within the aesthetic existential sphere. The goal of my paper is twofold: first, I describe in detail the nature of their sacrifice and the reasons for their existential entrapment, and, secondly, I determine whether Kierkegaard believes this to be an existential affliction that affects exclusively women, i.e., whether it is gendered or not. |
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ISSN: | 2364-2807 |
Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30965/23642807-bja10053 |