Melancholy and The Critique of Modernity

The affinity between melancholy and modernity is examined through a comprehensive re-examination of the writings of Soren Kierkegaard. The whole range of Kierkegaard's work is set in the context of a social and historical theory of melancholy. From this perspective Kierkegaard emerges as the most important and the most typical, psychologist of the modern era.

First sentence: Soren Kierkegaard claimed to have been deeply melancholic throughout his life.

Year

1994

Language

English

Publisher

Routledge

Editions

7

Pages

304

ISBN

9780415117234

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