Two Ships Passing in the Night?: A Historical Analysis of Nietzsche's Inauspicious "Non-Engagement" with the Writings of Kierkegaard with Respect to Truth
Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) and Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) were two seminal 19 th century thinkers, each of whom presented dramatically different theological and philosophical conceptions of Christianity and truth. Prior historical investigations into the relationship between these two indivi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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| In: |
Zeitschrift für neuere Theologiegeschichte
Year: 2022, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-22 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nietzsche, Friedrich 1844-1900
/ Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855
/ Christianity
/ Truth
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| RelBib Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history VA Philosophy VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Historical Reception
B Perspectivism B Friedrich Nietzsche B Søren Kierkegaard B Subjectivity B Truth |
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| Summary: | Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) and Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) were two seminal 19 th century thinkers, each of whom presented dramatically different theological and philosophical conceptions of Christianity and truth. Prior historical investigations into the relationship between these two individuals have problematised what was once a truism in Nietzsche (and Kierkegaard) studies whereby the younger Nietzsche was considered to have nil knowledge of the older Kierkegaard insofar as the former did not read the latter's writings. Focusing on the topic of truth, this study canvasses the historical literature on Nietzsche's reception of Kierkegaard to evidence the various ways in which Nietzsche indeed may be said to have "known" Kierkegaard, or at least to have become conversant with Kierkegaard's thought at some level of awareness. However, despite evidence of Nietzsche having encountered the thought of Kierkegaard in general and Kierkegaard's theory of truth in particular, this study will contend that such evidence for Nietzsche's knowledge of Kierkegaard generates as many questions as answers for the historical inquirer. Of note, as Nietzsche inauspiciously did not, in unequivocal writing, address Kierkegaard, this study concludes by illustrating a central challenge confronting historians and historiographers intent on tracking these thinkers' influence on theological truth claims without recourse to a primary literature. That is, without recourse to a literature in which Nietzsche autonomously responded to Kierkegaard regarding the topic of truth. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-9776 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für neuere Theologiegeschichte
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/znth-2022-0001 |
