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Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Chronology of Kierkegaard's Works; List of Abbreviations; Editor's Introduction: Kierkegaard and the Rich Field of Kierkegaard Studies; The Subject Areas of Kierkegaard Studies Today; The Methodological Approaches in Kierkegaard Studies Today; The Organization and Strategy of this Book; References; Part IPhilosophy; A. Sources; Chapter 1 A Shimmering Socrates: Philosophy and Poetry in Kierkegaard's Platonic Authorship; 1.1 Socrates in The Concept of Irony; 1.2 Shades of Socrates: Either/Or and Fear and Trembling

1.3 Socrates as Faithful Philosopher: Fragments and Postscript1.4 A Brief Conclusion; Cross-references; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Kierkegaard's Use of German Philosophy: Leibniz to Fichte; 2.1 Leibniz: Modality, Freedom, and Faith; 2.2 The Pantheism Controversy: Jacobi, Lessing, and the Leap; 2.3 Kant's "Honest Way"; 2.4 J.G. Fichte: Subjectivity, Imagination, and Ethics; 2.5 Conclusion; Cross-references; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Kierkegaard's View of Hegel, His Followers and Critics; 3.1 G.W.F. Hegel; 3.2 The Right Hegelians: Marheineke, Daub, Erdmann, Rosenkranz, Hotho, Werder

3.3 The Left Hegelians: Feuerbach, Bruno Bauer, Strauss3.4 The Hegel Critics: Baader, I.H. Fichte, Schopenhauer, Trendelenburg, Schelling; 3.5 Conclusion; Cross-references; Notes; References; Chapter 4Kierkegaard's Relations to Danish Philosophy of the Golden Age; References; B. Reception; Chapter 5Kierkegaard and Existentialism: From Anxiety to Autonomy; 5.1 The Kierkegaardian Self as Synthesis; 5.2 The Unintegrated Self and Kierkegaardian Despair; 5.3 The Unintegrated Self and Sartrean Bad Faith; 5.4 Kierkegaardian Anxiety; 5.5 Anxiety in the Existential Tradition

5.6 Kierkegaard on the Look of the Other5.7 Sartre and the Vulnerability of Being Looked At; 5.8 Kierkegaard and the Divine Other; 5.9 Kierkegaard and Autonomous Dependence; 5.10 Autonomous Autonomy among Existentialists; Cross-references; Notes; References; Chapter 6Postmodernism and Deconstruction: Paradox, Sacrifice, and the Future of Writing; 6.1 Deconstruction vs. Postmodernism; 6.2 Repetition; 6.3 Writing and Subjectivity; 6.4 Aufhebung and Deconstruction; 6.5 Sacrifice of the Other; 6.6 The Promise; Cross-references; References; C. Concepts and Contributions

Chapter 7Kierkegaard's Views on Normative Ethics, Moral Agency, and Metaethics7.1 Normative Ethics: Virtue Ethics, Deontology, and Beyond; 7.2 Moral Agency and Moral Psychology: Selfhood and Despair; 7.3 The Source of Moral Obligations: Moral Constructivism, Realism, and Theological Voluntarism; 7.4 Conclusion; Cross-references; Notes; References; Chapter 8Kierkegaard's Skepticism; 8.1 The Limits of Knowledge; 8.2 The Idea of a New Science; 8.3 The Categories of Becoming; 8.4 Subjective Truth and the Content of Christian Faith; Cross-references; References

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