Søren+Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard

===General === Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, is a Danish born **Philosopher**. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1813. He died in 1855. He Is regarded as a Christian Philosophizer, theologian and religious author, interested in human psychology. He wrote many of his works in dialougues. With many characters pseudonym for points of view. He also used pseudonyms instead of giving his real name, for the editing and authorship of his works. One of his major acts was his attack on the Danish church. Claiming that it was a hypocritical institution. That detached itself from the real meaning of Christianity by not demanding its followers be more like Christ. He also attacked the congregational system, for not letting followers have personal relationship with god.

===Importance to "After the bomb" === Søren Kierkegaard is regarded by some to be the "father of Existentialism". He developed to extremely important concepts in Existentialism. The "leap of faith" is the concept that love and faith are not based on evidence. One does not have any evidence for god or that a person is worthy of love. A person knows that a chair is there, so he would not doubt of its existence. As they can see, feel and touch it. Faith also creates doubt, as one must doubt something there is no evidence for. Kierkegaard writes, "doubt is conquered by faith, just as it is faith which has brought doubt into the world" In "after the bomb" doubt and faith on humanity and ideology, and the concept of faith in god over the aims and derogation of humanity by greed and political aims.

He is also important beacause he helped found the concept of Relativity. This is the concept that self is important to ideology and ideas, as different people will interpret ideas differently. This is important to structuralism, and The different readings and values in texts. Which is a feature of post-modernism. It is also important, because, another feature of the concept is that You should try to life out your life in a good and responsible, and meaningful way, and that you need to overcome the obstacles of despair, angst, absurdity, alienation, and boredom. It also teaches that u are solely responsible for this, and finding meaning in life. This would be against acting in a way governed by someone else's ideology and also is against ideology as an excuse to carry out morally incorrect behavior.


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Mark Varney