"\"Chatter\" : Language and History in Kierkegaard"

Peter Fenves

ISBN 10: 0804722072 / ISBN 13: 9780804722070

Edité par Stanford University Press Dez 1993, 1993

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Neuware - This book shows that in 'chatter' Kierkegaard uncovered a specifically linguistic mode of negativity, which became the medium in which a non-speculative and non-historicism presentation of history could be carried out. The author examines in detail those writings of Kierkegaard in which he undertook complex negotiations with the threat-and also the promise-of 'chatter.'.

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• Titre: "\"Chatter\" : Language and History in Kierkegaard"
• Éditeur: Stanford University Press Dez 1993
• Date de parution: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0804722072
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780804722070
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 216 L x 140 H x 22 P (en millimètres) 216 millimètres de largeur par 140 millimètres de hauteur par 22 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 553 grammes

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Synopsis

"Chatter" cannot always be taken lightly, for the insignificance and insubstantiality of "idle talk," "prattle," "nonsense," and so forth challenge the very notions of substance and significance through which rational discourses seek justification. This book shows that in "chatter" Kierkegaard uncovered a specfically linguistic mode of negativity-not that of the Hegelian concept-became the medium in which a non-speculative and non-historicist presentation of history could be carried out.

The author examines in detail those writings of Kierkegaard in which he undertook complex negotiations with the threat-and also the promise-of "chatter." One effect of these negotiations is revealed as an insistence on "existence," which alone could appear as a counterweight to the lightness and insubstantiality of mere language. The author's readings of both well-known and neglected works do not simply show how indirect communication affects this insistence on "existence"; they also show how the negation of direct communication (which in genderal makes reading necessary) undoes the distinctions through which weighty "existence" and insubstantial "chatter" are set apart.