{"product_id":"philosopher-of-the-heart-9780141984438","title":"Philosopher of the Heart","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected as a Book of the Year in \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This lucid and riveting new biography at once rescuses Kierkegaard from the scholars and shows why he is such an intriguing and useful figure'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSøren Kierkegaard, one of the most passionate and challenging of modern philosophers, is now celebrated as the father of existentialism - yet his contemporaries described him as a philosopher of the heart. Over about a decade in the 1840s and 1850s, writings poured from his pen analysing love and suffering, courage and anxiety, religious longing and defiance, and forging a new philosophical style rooted in the inward drama of being human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Christianity seemed to sleepwalk through a changing world, Kierkegaard dazzlingly revealed its spiritual power while exposing the poverty of official religion. His restless creativity was spurred on by his own failures: his relationship with the young woman whom he promised to marry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis lucid and riveting new biography at once rescues Kierkegaard from the scholars and makes it abundantly clear why he is such an intriguing and useful figure -- Adam Phillips * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eShe wonderfully conveys how, pelican-like, Kierkegaard tore his philosophy from his own breast -- Jane O'Grady * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilosopher of the Heart \u003c\/i\u003eenacts Kierkegaard's audacity and verve in thinking and writing, his \"new way of doing philosophy\", in a thrillingly inward and intimate style -- Boyd Tonkin * Arts Desk *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the best biographies of modern masters by a new generation -- Daniel Johnson * Standpoint *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuperb... the sort of biography Kierkegaard himself might have written, thematic in structure rather than chronological, lucid in its narrative but not exhaustive in detail. \u003c\/b\u003e... \u003cb\u003eCarlisle's book has its own beauty, reminding us that Kierkegaard sympathized with our own troubles, our own desires to live decent lives\u003c\/b\u003e -- David Mason * The Hudson Review *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732503638359,"sku":"9780141984438","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141984438.jpg?v=1719997170","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/philosopher-of-the-heart-9780141984438","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}