Søren Kierkegaard: způsoby sdělování a horizonty porozumění
| Title in English | Soren Kierkegaard: the Ways of Communication and the Horizons of Understanding |
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | In this article, I will discuss the possibilities of reception and interpretation of Soren Kierkegaard's texts. It is clear that their total length (thousands of pages) and the original language (19th-century Danish) are far from the only obstacles facing their reader. The specificity of the forms of communication chosen by the author appears to be much more serious. The Danish thinker left behind works published under various pseudonyms, as well as writings published under his own name (educational and other religious "speeches"), as well as works that were unpublished for various reasons (primarily diaries, the total length of which is comparable to the length of the published works). Some works resemble philosophical or theological treatises (The Concept of Anxiety, Philosophical Fragments, The Disease of Death), others are close to fiction (Repetition), others could be described as “popularization texts” or “secondary theological literature” (educative speeches), and they often seem to be (at the same time) personal confessions… As part of the explanation, I will focus on the methods of communication chosen by the Danish thinker. First, I will briefly present a “panorama” of Kierkegaard’s legacy and the possibilities of its coherent interpretation. I will point out the specifics of the individual “types” of writings, as outlined above. I will also pay attention to the writings in which Kierkegaard attempts to grasp and explain his own position as an author and provide something like interpretative “clues”. I will then try to present my own attempt at a holistic interpretation of the works of the Copenhagen thinker. My interpretation will be guided by the question: “How to understand an author who develops irony and interiority?” Both phenomena are central to Kierkegaard’s thinking and to the possibility of understanding him. They also share one important characteristic: they cannot be stated directly. Based on these analyses, more general thematic areas will open up at the end of the paper, which can be defined by the following two questions: What is the nature of philosophical interpretation and how does it relate to a specific text? What is the real goal of philosophy/philosophizing and how can this goal be communicated appropriately? |
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