Kierkegaard, Aesthetics, and Selfhood: The Art of Subjectivity (Routledge Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts)

In the digital world, Kierkegaard's thought is valuable in thinking about aesthetics as a component of human development, both including but moving beyond the religious context as its primary center of meaning. Seeing human formation as interrelated with aesthetics makes art a vital dimension of human existence. Contributing to the debate about Kierkegaard's conception of the aesthetic, Kierkegaard, Aesthetics, and Selfhood argues that Kierkegaard's primary concern is to provocatively explore how a self becomes Christian, with aesthetics being a vital dimension for such self-formation. At a broader level, Peder Jothen also focuses on the role, authority, and meaning of aesthetic expression within religious thought generally and Christianity in particular. In the digital world, Kierkegaard's thought is valuable in thinking about aesthetics as a component of human development, both including but moving beyond the religious context as its primary center of meaning. Contributing to the debate about Kierkegaard's conception of the aesthetic, this book argues that Kierkegaard's concern is provocatively to explore how a self becomes Christian, with aesthetics a dimension of such self-formation. At a broader level, Jothen also focuses on the role, authority and meaning of art within religious thought generally and Christianity in particular. Cover Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Kierkegaard’s Ambiguous Aesthetics 2 Becoming Christian 3 Christ and the Art of Subjective Becoming 4 Mimesis, Aesthetics, and Christian Becoming 5 Becoming amidst the Existence Stages 6 Becoming and Art Postscript Bibliography Index Kierkegaard's Ambiguous Aesthetics -- Becoming Christian -- Christ And The Art Of Subjective Becoming -- Mimesis, Aesthetics, And Christian Becoming -- Becoming Amidst The Existence Stages -- Becoming And Art. Peder Jothen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.