The Hidden Authorship of Søren Kierkegaard. Jacob Sawyer

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      Part I: The Content

      1.1 The Problems of Outwardness and Direct Communication

      Introduction

      Kierkegaard’s task was directly opposed to outwardness. Therefore, he saw direct communication as being unhelpful and largely opposed to his task. In this section we begin with an overview of Kierkegaard’s use of the terms “Christendom” and “the crowd” and how he used them in reference to his outwardly focused society. To illustrate, we will contrast these ideas with Kierkegaard’s use of Abraham, in order to understand the dangers of outwardness in regard to making oneself understood. We will then explore in greater detail Kierkegaard’s problem with outwardness in his critique of Hegelian thought, contrasting this with Kierkegaard’s understanding of the inwardness of a person’s relation with God. This chapter concludes with a discussion of the incompatibility of direct communication with Kierkegaard’s task of hiddenness.

      Christendom and the Crowd

      As Climacus’ caricature comically portrays, there was little acceptance for those who doubted their automatic Christian status:

      Ethics and Understanding


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