Introducing Kierkegaard : A Graphic Guide

Author: Robinson, Dave, Zarate, Oscar

Humanities

Published on 1 May 2013 by Icon Books Ltd as part of 'the Introducing...' series.

Paperback / softback | 176 pages, Illustrations, black and white
169 x 140 x 16 | 128g

Father of existentialism or the Eeyore of philosophy?Known as the first modern theologian, SorenKierkegaard was a prolific writer of the Danish 'golden age'. A philosopher,poet and social critic, his key concepts of angst, despair, and theimportance of the individual, influenced many 20th-century philosophers andliterature throughout Europe.

Dave Robinson and Oscar Zarate's brilliant graphicguide explains what Kierkegaard means by 'anti-philosophy', and tells anilluminating story of the strange life and ideas of a man tortured by hisattempts to change the very priorities of Western thought.