Kierkegaard as Negative Theologian

Kirjan Kierkegaard as Negative Theologian (1993) on kirjoittanut David R. Law. Kirjan kieli on englanti, ja sen on kustantanut Clarendon Press. Kirja on laajuudeltaan 242 sivua ja se on sidottu.

This book is concerned with Kierkegaard's `apophaticism', i. e. with those elements of Kierkegaard's thought which emphasize the incapacity of human reason and the hiddenness of God. Apophaticism is an important underlying strand in Kierkegaard's thought and colours many of his key concepts. Despite its importance, however, it has until now been largely ignored by Kierkegaardian scholarship. The book argues that apophatic elements can be detected in every aspect of Kierkegaard's thought and that, despite proceeding from different presuppositions, he can therefore be regarded as a negative theologian. Indeed, the book concludes by arguing that Kierkegaard's refusal to make the transition from the via negativa to the via mystica means that he is more apophatic than the negative theologians themselves.