Kierkegaard's Category of Repetition: A Reconstruction (Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series, 5)

In the history of Kierkegaard reception scholars have predominantly focused on the pseudonymous works. Thus, while there are long traditions of research on well known pseudonymous works, such as __Either/Or__ and __The Sickness unto Death__, scholarship on the edifying discourses is still at the pioneering stage. In an effort to bring this other, neglected half of Kierkegaard's authorship into focus, this volume of the __Yearbook__ is dedicated specifically to the edifying discourses from 1843 44 and to __Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions__, from 1845. It features articles from leading international scholars on various aspects of these discourses, which are explored from literary, philosophical and theological perspectives. A series of articles has also been included on the history of reception of these edifying discourses in the various countries and language groups. The __Yearbook__ also includes individual sections containing papers from recent international seminars on Kierkegaard's thought. One section provides a glimpse into the most recent work from the rich tradition of French Kierkegaard research. Another section includes leading papers from recent Hungarian Kierkegaard scholarship. These contributions serve to make this number of the __Yearbook__ the most international to date and are proof of the growing interest in international Kierkegaard research. Kierkegaard's Category of Repetition: A Reconstruction 4 Contents 6 Acknowledgements 10 Abbreviations 12 Introduction 14 The Twofold Task of Reconstruction 16 1. Reconstruction on the Basis of an Understanding of Kierkegaard's Authorship as a Whole 16 2. Reconstruction on the Basis of the Thematization of Nihilism in Nietzsche and Heidegger 20 The Three Guiding Questions 24 1. The Question of Historicality 24 2. The Question of the Other 26 3. The Question of Becoming 27 The Method and Structure of this Study 28 Part I: The Question of Historicality 32 1 Constantius' 'Experimenting Psychology' 32 A Phenomenological Psychology of Repetition 33 First Stage: Repetition and Desire, Don Juan 35 Second Stage: Repetition and Diversion 39 Third Stage: Repetition and Poetic Reproduction 42 Proust and Constantius 48 Constantius' Method 49 2 Models of Authentic Historicality in Eighteen Edifying Discourses 52 Job: Repetition as Taking-Back 55 Paul: 'The Thorn in the Flesh' 60 Anna: Patience in Expectancy 63 Transfiguration is the Explanation 69 Repetition and the Form of the Discourses 70 Part II: The Question of the Other 76 3 Time as the Trace of the Other 78 The Parts of Time 78 The Glance of Ingeborg and the Moment of Vision 82 The Fall as the Beginning of History 89 4 Reconciliation as the Fullness of Time 95 Climacus' Notion of the Other 96 Ignorance and. Consciousness of Sin 96 Contradiction and Contemporaneity 102 First Example: The Image of the Crucified One 105 Second Example: The Woman Who Anointed Jesus 108 Climacus' Notion of the Other and Metaphysics 113 Hegel 114 Lévinas 117 Conclusion 120 Excursus: Does Climacus' Notion of the Other Allow for a Social Theory? 120 Part III: The Question of Becoming 124 5 Becoming Precedes Being 126 Repetition as the Stranding of Metaphysics 128 'The Greeks' 130 Modernity 131 The Philosophy of the Future 133 A Theory of Becoming? 134 Dialectical and Pathos-filled Transitions 136 The Transition from Possibility to Actuality 138 The Transition from Non-Being to Being 140 Repetition and the Quest of Ontology 141 Revelation and Ontology (Bultmann) 142 The Distinction between Law and Gospel 146 6 Repetition and Nihilism: Kierkegaard and Nietzsche 149 Comparing Kierkegaard and Nietzsche 149 Nietzsche's Doctrine of the Eternal Return of the Same 151 Heidegger's Nietzsche 154 The Eternal Recurrence and the Moment of Vision 157 Constantius' Repetition and Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence 166 Two Views on the Historicality of Existence 167 Two Views of the Crisis of Modernity 171 Conclusion: Recollection and Repetition 178 Two Modes of Existing 178 Two Paradigms of Thought 181 Bibliography 184 A. Kierkegaard's Primary Texts 184 Β. Kierkegaard: Bibliographies and Study-Aids 186 C. Literature on Kierkegaard 186 D. Other Works 191

Since the Kierkegaard Studies Monograph Series (KSMS) was first published in 1997, it has served as the authoritative book series in the field. Starting from 2011 the Kierkegaard Studies Monograph Series will intensify the peer-review process with a new editorial and advisory board. KSMS is published on behalf of the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre at the University of Copenhagen.

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Seit ihrer Gründung im Jahr 1997 gilt die Reihe Kierkegaard Studies Monograph Series (KSMS) als maßgebendes Forum für herausragende Monographien aus dem gesamten Bereich der Kierkegaard-Forschung. Sie bietet Raum für die verschiedenen Forschungstraditionen zu Kierkegaard, die solchermaßen in einen konstruktiven Dialog treten. Kierkegaard Studies Monograph Series wird im Auftrag des Søren Kierkegaard Forschungszentrums (Universität Kopenhagen) herausgegeben. Potential authors should consult the Submission guidelines. All submissions will be blindly refereed by established scholars in the field. Only high-quality manuscripts will be accepted for publication. Potential authors should be prepared to make changes to their texts based on the comments received by the referees. Main description: In der Geschichte der Kierkegaard-Rezeption haben die pseudonymen Werke stets im Mittelpunkt der Forschung gestanden. Der vorliegende Band des Yearbook widmet sich nun auch der vernachlässigten Seite des Kierkegaardschen Werkes. In seinem Zentrum stehen die erbaulichen Reden von 1843-44 sowie die Drei Reden bei gedachten Gelegenheiten von 1845, die unter literaturwissenschaftlicher, philosophischer, theologischer und rezeptionsgeschichtlicher Perspektive betrachtet werden In the opening paragraph of Repetition Constantin Constantius, the pseudonymous author of that book, predicts that some day when modern thought has escaped the hegemony of Greek philosophy, the category of repetition will form the basis of a new philosophy.