'Kierkegaard's Communicative Practice'
This thesis aims to read Kierkegaard's work, and iIi 'particular the Postscript, under his own assessment of his writing as communication.This way of reading Kierkegaard has, I argue, been neglected in the predominant strands of secondary commentary, namely, blunt readings and deconstructive readings that typically take Kierkegaard's communicative work as subsidiary to his theoretical contributions. By building upon the recent works of Conant atf<i Conant inspired commentators, I argue for a reading of Kierkegaard that pays strict attention to his conception of his projected readership, their situation and proclivities, reading Kierkegaard's work as determined by these considerations of the audience. To demonstrate the suitability of this approach, I present a reading of Climacus' critical engagement with the 'objective thinker', arguing that Climacus' polemic is directed towards an ethical assessment of the objective thinker's character that serves Climacus' attempt to transform his readership through the activity of writing. As I go on to argue, , Climacus' task is beset by difficulties, including a tension in the dialectic of communication itself and from considerations of Kierkegaard's contemporary climate.
Rodwell, James
'Kierkegaard's Communicative Practice'. This thesis aims to read Kierkegaard's work, and iIi 'particular the Postscript, under his own assessment of his writing as communication.This way of reading Kierkegaard has, I argue, been neglected in the predominant strands of secondary commentary, namely, blunt readings and deconstructive readings that typically take Kierkegaard's communicative work as subsidiary to his theoretical contributions. By building upon the recent works of Conant atf<i Conant inspired commentators, I argue for a reading of Kierkegaard that pays strict attention to his conception of his projected readership, their situation and proclivities, reading Kierkegaard's work as determined by these considerations of the audience. To demonstrate the suitability of this approach, I present a reading of Climacus' critical engagement with the 'objective thinker', arguing that Climacus' polemic is directed towards an ethical assessment of the objective thinker's character that serves Climacus' attempt to transform his readership through the activity of writing. As I go on to argue, , Climacus' task is beset by difficulties, including a tension in the dialectic of communication itself and from considerations of Kierkegaard's contemporary climate.
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