Fertile Contradictions: A Reconsideration of “The Seducer’s Diary”
The present article wishes to question and complicate the longestablished portrayal of Johannes the seducer as an unambiguously evil character. After a careful psycho-existential analysis of his personality, I will draw attention to his fundamentally contradictory nature. Next, turning to his relati...
| Published in: | Kierkegaard studies / Yearbook |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2016
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Kierkegaard studies / Yearbook
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| RelBib Classification: | NBE Anthropology NCB Personal ethics NCF Sexual ethics TJ Modern history VA Philosophy ZD Psychology |
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| Summary: | The present article wishes to question and complicate the longestablished portrayal of Johannes the seducer as an unambiguously evil character. After a careful psycho-existential analysis of his personality, I will draw attention to his fundamentally contradictory nature. Next, turning to his relation to Cordelia, I will indicate different existential possibilities available to her after the traumatic experience of seduction. The article ends with a multifaceted hypothesis about the kind of selfhood Johannes may embody in Kierkegaard’s philosophical universe. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-9792 |
| Contains: | In: Kierkegaard studies / Yearbook
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/kierke-2016-0107 |