The Isolated Self
Truth and Untruth in Søren Kierkegaard’s On the Concept of Irony
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Introduction: What is Irony in On the Concept of Irony?
An Orientation in the Research Tradition
Reconstructing a Lost Historical Horizon
Closure, Openness, and a Reconciliation with Actuality
SOCRATES AND THE HISTORICAL APPEARANCE OF IRONY
1. Contemplative History: A Methodology for Dual Purposes
Hegel’s Speculative History
Kierkegaard’s Contemplative History
2. Kierkegaard’s Nihilistic Socrates
Socrates’ Place in World-History
Socrates’ Abstract Personality
3. Irony Defined: The Isolated Subject
“Irony is Isolation”
Historical Actuality and Absolute Nothingness
ROMANTIC IRONY AND AESTHETIC SALVATION
4. Schlegel’s Aesthetic Salvation: A Reconciliation with Actuality
Schlegelian Irony
Lucinde: A Guide to Selfhood
5. Kierkegaard’s Critique of Romanticism: The Closed Self
Hegel on Romantic Irony
Poul Martin Møller on Irony and Selfhood
Kierkegaard’s Critique(s)
6. Irony, Humor, and the Religious Self
A Local Interpretation of Irony and Humor
The Problem of Irony in Kierkegaard’s Journals
7. The Ghost of Irony in Kierkegaard’s Authorship
A Glance at the Foregoing Chapters
The Discussion of Irony Recast
Bibliography
Index of Persons
Index of Subjects
Philosophy: General Philosophy
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