Description
Book SynopsisA guide to secondary material that exists on the Danish thinker, Soren Kierkegaard. Beginning with maps and an introduction to the 19th century world of Copenhagen, the philosopher's home, the dictionary includes a chronology of people and events in his life and a guide to some of his concepts.
Trade Review...an important and much needed research tool for students of Kierkegaard and...the political, cultural, and social issues of the first six decades of nineteenth century Denmark....Its most helpful feature is the inclusion of all the articles of each volume of Kierkegaardiana, International Kierkegaard Commentary, Bibliotheca Kierkegaardiana, and the two series began in the 1990s at the Søren Kierkegaard Research Center in Copenhagen: Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook, and Kierkegaard Studies Monograph Series....This multifaceted tool will be used by scholars and graduate students for many years. * International Studies in Philosophy *
The dictionary itself is of particular value because it does not just explain briefly typical Kierkegaardian concepts. It has entries on persons who influenced Kierkegaard (e.g. Hegel and Schelling), or were in contact with him (e.g. H.-P. Kofoed-Hansen and F.C. Strube), or were influenced by him (e.g. Heidegger and Sartre) as well. Especially the biographies of less known persons, who pop up in Kierkegaard's correspondence, will be appreciated. * Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie *
...rich repository of information...Watkin's valuable volume should be in every university, college, school, and public library concerned with the origins and contemporary relevance of great ideas. * CHOICE *
