A Vexing Gadfly: The Late Kierkegaard on Economic Matters - Brossura

Perez-alvarez, Eliseo

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ISBN 10: 0227173716 ISBN 13: 9780227173718

Casa editrice: James Clarke, 2011

Riassunto

This essay on Soren Kierkegaard and economic matters from a theological perspective is well grounded in the Dane's journals. In these writings, the late nineteenth-century thinker shows his solidarity with rural residents (90 percent of the population) and urbanite menial workers. Topics include the option for the poor; the ideology of impotence; the denouncing of a competitive society; the correlation of wealth and poverty; media, church, university, and theatre as social institutions shaping reality; Christendom; and the retribution doctrine. A Vexing Gadfly develops the theological themes within the time frame of Golden Age Denmark (1800-1860), which includes the period of Denmark's colonial activities. The historical approach adds flesh to the bones of abstract thought and ahistorical doctrines. Contrary to common belief, Kierkegaard did articulate economic issues through structural categories such as the age, the pyramid, the building, the external revolution, the Fire Chief, and his diagnosis of society. Ironically, the domestication of Kierkegaard's economic thought took place from the time of his death on November 11, 1855. His eulogy took place at the most important church of the country, the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen; his burial at Assistens Cemetery was with full pomp; and by 1971, his statue joined the select club of Mynster, Martensen, Grundvigt, et al., as they surround the wealthy Marble Church.

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'Perez-Alvarez has made a significant contribution to Kierkegaardian scholarship, if for no other reason to spur us on to read the other 'hand' of Kierkegaard's incisive writings.' --Eric Austin Lee, University of Nottingham in: The Heythrop Journal, Vol. 53 (1), January 2012

'Against the image of Kierkegaard as a bourgeois intellectual of independent means and idiosyncratic tastes, Pérez-Álvarez portrays a man passionate about the poor, allying himself with the 'ordinary man', and scathing in his attack on wealth and privilege. (...) Pérez-Álvarez argues that Kierkegaard moved from a position of conventional conservatism, through a transitional period of increasing interest in economic affairs, and on to a final, thoroughgoing radicalisation of his socio-economic rhetoric. (...) it is an important contribution to Kierkegaardian scholarship, and will challenge many students of 'the melancholy Dane' to think again.' --The Rt Revd Dr Saxbee in Church Times, 28th September 2012

"... Although Kierkegaard's ceaseless emphases upon subjectivity and individual decision cannot be ignored, Pérez-Álvarez has done a good job here of highlighting that there is far more to Kierkegaard's social perspective than previously thought... [...] It would be easy, in a book such as this, to sideline Kierkegaard's theology as though the economic issues were his primary driving-force. Commendably, Pérez-Álvarez maintains that Kierkegaard's theology was central but that the economic and social conditions around him proved to be more than just a footnote to his thought..." --Aaron Edwards, Theological book review, Vol. 24, No 2, 2012.

'With this work, Eliseo-Pérez-Álvarez has occupied an empty nook in Kierkegaard studies.' --Bruce P. Baugus, Journal of Markets & Morality, Volume 15, Number 2

This book would be of great value to those studying Kierkegaard s critique of Christendom, from social, political, economic, and philosophical or theological perspectives.It offers an accessible, interesting, and thought-provoking account of one of the most famous thinkers of the nineteenth century, contextualized and yet still relevant today. This refreshing and liberational reading of Kierkegaard rewards the reader. --Victoria Davies, Reviews in Religion and Theology Vol.20 Issue 3. July 2013

For those interested in Kierkegaard as a perceptive economic observer and agent, Vexing Gadfly does offer a rich cornucopia of primary source references, which merit historical examination. The author's effort to collect and (in some cases) translate many thematically organised excerpts is a real service to the scholarly community - especially insofar as these passages mark neglected dimensions of Kierkegaard's authorship. --Joshua Nunziato, Scottish Journal of Theology, Volume 67, Issue 3, 2014.

L'autore

Eliseo Pérez-Álvarez is Associate Professor of Contextual Theology and Praxis at the Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest in Austin. He is the author of We Be Jammin: Liberating Discourses from the Land of the Seven Flags, The Gospel to the Calypsonians: the Caribbean, Bible and Liberation Theology, and Comentario de Marcos.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: James Clarke
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0227173716
• ISBN 13: 9780227173718
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 214
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Buchpark GmbH; gpsr@buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Germania