Between Abstraction and Theology. On the Heritage of Kierkegaard’s Project of the Subjective Thinker in K. Jaspers and M. Heidegger

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  • Jakub Marek
Keywords: Existentialism, Heidegger, Kierkegaard, Jaspers, subjectivity, theology, prophetic philosophy

Abstract

[In English]

This paper addresses some of the characteristic concerns of Jaspers’ and Heidegger’s philosophical projects. The relation between the two thinkers is presented as a history of misunderstanding, yet also as a history of their respective interest in the existentiell aspect of philosophy. In analyzing Heidegger’s and Jaspers’ works, I present the ideas of “abstraction” and “theology” as the two extreme limits of the conceptual field within which their thinking evolves. After doing so, I make the suggestion that the ethos of their philosophy draws heavily from the heritage of Kierkegaard’s project of the subjective thinker.

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Published
2014-06-01
How to Cite
Marek, J. (2014). Between Abstraction and Theology. On the Heritage of Kierkegaard’s Project of the Subjective Thinker in K. Jaspers and M. Heidegger. Topos, (1), 78-87. Retrieved from http://journals.ehu.lt/index.php/topos/article/view/325
Issue
No 1 (2014): The Existential Interpretation of Being Human in Philosophy and Psychology: Validity and Topicality On the Occasion of the 200th Anniversary of Kierkegaard’s Birth
Section
EXISTENCE AND/AS THE RELIGIOUS

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