Introduction to Kierkegaard - YBFB054

• Title: Introduction to Kierkegaard
• Guaranteed by: Programme SHV - Philosophical Module (24-FM)
• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
• Actual: from 2020
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (6)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: Czech
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Mgr. Jakub Marek, Ph.D.

Annotation

English

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Marek, Ph.D. (17.02.2020)

This cycle of lecture is designed to provide a focused, in-depth and demanding introduction to Kierkegaard's philosophy. The goal is to approach Kierkegaard's notion of existence and use it as the interpretatory key to the whole of his authorship. Apart from 10 major lectures delivering a sustained interpretation of Kierkegaard's ontology, there will be 2 bonus lectures as detailed in the syllabus. The lectures will be delivered in English. All compulsory readings are listed in the syllabus and the pagination refers to the Essential Kierkegaard antology.

Czech

Last update: Mgr. Richard Davídek (07.01.2020)

V tomto přednáškovém kurzu se posluchači seznámí s dánským filosofem, teologem, spisovatelem a kritikem moderní doby, S. Kierkegaardem. Cílem kurzu je představit klíčové představy, jimiž Kierkegaard ovlivnil filosofické myšlení: pojetí člověka jako syntézy, pojem existence, existenciální nálady, kritika současnosti, teorie stádií existence a další.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Marek, Ph.D. (18.02.2020)

Attestation depends on the ECTS credits awarded for the class:

3ECTS: Grades will be determined by a written test taken during the last class.

4ECTS: Grades will be determined by a written test taken during the last class (80%). In order to achieve "excellent" (1) grade, you need to submit an essay.

5ECTS: 3ECTS: Grades will be determined by a written test taken during the last class (50%) and by submitting an essay (50%).

Essay instructions:

sumbit a 3000-5000 word essay focusing on one major topic discussed in class. You will be required to make use of at least 1 of the principal works by SK and at least a couple research articles pertaining the topic.

Syllabus

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Marek, Ph.D. (17.02.2020)

February 18	Introduction - The Corpus of Kierkegaard.
	Reading:	On My Work as an Author, pp. 449-454.
February 25	Ontology and the supposedly non-ontological work of the "religious author" Kierkegaard.
	Reading:	Repetition, pp. 102-115.
March 3	The notion of existence. Traditional conceptions of existence. Heidegger's critique.
	Reading:	Fear and Trembling, pp. 93-101.
March 10	Bonus Lecture, On Kierkegaard's Obsession with the name Johannes
March 17	Spirit and synthesis. Essentialist conceptions of Kierkegaard's anthropology.
	Reading:	The Sickness Unto Death, pp. 351-372.
March 24	Temporal synthesis. Spirit and the moment.
	Reading:	Concept of Anxiety, pp. 138-155.
March 31	Critique of the conception of synthesis and existence in secondary sources.
	Reading:	Diapsalmata, pp. 38-46.
April 7	Bonus Lecture, Kierkegaard and Kafka, or the Eternal Land-Surveyor
April 14	Reading Week.
April 21	Phenomenological interpretation of the synthesis.
	Reading:	Journal entry Gilleleie August 1, 1835, pp. 7-12.
April 28	Imagination, reflection, and the origin of the synthesis.
	Reading:	Johannes Climacus, or De omnibus dubitandum est, pp. 126-137.
May 5	Chórismos. Groundlessness, absence of origin, and a new conception of existence.
	Reading:	Philosophical Fragments, pp. 117-125.
May 12	Kierkegaard's ontology.
	Reading:	Concluding Unscientific Postscript, pp. 187-241.
May 17	Test.