Freedom and Its Misuses: Kierkegaard on Anxiety and Despair (Marquette Studies in Philosophy, #12)

Treating Kierkegaard as both a great thinker and a corrective to our time, this work provides accounts of his key concepts of anxiety and despair. It explains the radical significance of these concepts for our understanding of freedom, and shows how humanity can profit from Kierkegaard's labours. Foreword by Alastair McKinnon. Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. A Preparatory Examination Of Several Topics Related To The Concept Of Anxiety -- Ch. 3. Anxiety In The Concept Of Anxiety -- Ch. 4. A Preparatory Examination Of Several Topics Related To The Sickness Unto Death -- Ch. 5. Despair In The Sickness Unto Death -- Ch. 6. Drawing Out The Relationship Between Anxiety And Despair In Kierkegaard's Writings -- Ch. 7. Freedom And Its Misuses. Gregory R. Beabout. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [173]-185) And Index. Content: Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. A Preparatory Examination of Several Topics Related to The Concept of Anxiety -- Ch. 3. Anxiety in The Concept of Anxiety -- Ch. 4. A Preparatory Examination of Several Topics Related to The Sickness Unto Death -- Ch. 5. Despair in The Sickness Unto Death -- Ch. 6. Drawing Out the Relationship Between Anxiety and Despair in Kierkegaard's Writings -- Ch. 7. Freedom and Its Misuses. Introduction 11 A Preparatory Examination of Several Topics Related to 25 Anxiety in The Concept of Anxiety 45 A Preparatory Examination of Several 81 Topics Related to 81 Despair in 93 Drawing Out the Relationship Between Anxiety and Despair in Kierkegaard s Writings 125 Freedom and Its Misuses 145 BIBLIOGRAPHY 183 INDEX 197