Selves in Discord and Resolve: Kierkegaard's Moral-Religious Psychology From Either/Or to Sickness Unto Death [Paperback]

Edward Mooney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 10, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0415913705 | ISBN-13: 978-0415913706 | Edition: 1

In Selves in Discord and Resolve, Edward Mooney examines the Wittgensteinian and deconstructive accounts of subjectivity to illuminate the rich legacy left by Kierkegaard's representation of the self in modes of self-understanding and self-articulation. Mooney situates Kierkegaard in the context of a post-Nietzschean crisis of individualism, and evokes the Socratric influences on Kierkegaard's thinking and shows how Kierkegaard's philsophy relies upon the Socratic care for the soul. He examines Kierkegaard's work on Judge Wilhelm, from Either/Or, Socrates, in the Postscript and Abraham and Job in Repetition and Fear and Trembling.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (April 10, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415913705
• ISBN-13: 978-0415913706
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,486,934 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I've taught philosophy and religion for more years than I care to know. I started in 1968 in the Bay Area, where before and after class I descended from my Berkeley home to row an open water scull in choppy salt water. I now just enjoy the fresh water shores in Syracuse, NY, where I love the snow and views of the Finger Lakes - though from there I take frequent excursions to Portland Maine and the islands of Casco Bay, with my wife, a Kierkegaard scholar; or to an alpine biological research station in Gothic, Colorado to visit grandkids and kids.

I've written about Kierkegaard and the great Montana philosopher Henry Bugbee. Most recently, I'm writing on Henry Thoreau. Something like an autobiography is found throughout POSTCARDS DROPPED IN FLIGHT (found in Amazon under "Ed Mooney"), a lyrical rendition of various episodes in my rather uneventful life, decorated by fanciful accounts of birds -- a story of the soul (mine, I guess) as an aviary, or as gatherings of storm petrels along a coast.

I love the margins of learning and unlearning, the cordial hospitality and heartfelt goodbyes of Thoreau, Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, Bugbee, Emily D., Wallace S., S. Cavell, S. Critchley, Basho, etc. who read and write and then wonder how words fit with other things and then go to do otherwise before returning to words (and once again leave them -- for us).

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mooney's poetic insights, February 21, 2000

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J. Davenport "author of *Will as Commmitment ... (Maplewood, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Selves in Discord and Resolve: Kierkegaard's Moral-Religious Psychology From Either/Or to Sickness Unto Death (Paperback)

Selves in Discord and Resolve is without doubt one of the very best books on Kierkegaard in the last decade, along with books by Westphal, Rudd, Evans, Gouwens, and the Cambridge Companion volume. Mooney's style is so smooth and easy to follow that, even though the book's topics are often challenging, an advanced undergraduate would get lots out of this book in a seminar. Mooney links themes in Kierkegaard's pseudonymous works with ideas from recent work in analytic moral psychology, and also with ideas from several postmodern authors. He clarifies Kierkegaard's understanding of the development of the self like no other critic, and in the process sheds novel light on several of SK's most important texts. This is essential reading for all Kierkegaard scholars. At the 1999 American Philosophical Association conference in Boston, Alasdair MacIntyre said that Mooney's work was the by far the best he knew of those that discussed and responded to his own criticisms of Kierkegaard --high praise indeed! I recommend this book wholeheartedly.

5.0 out of 5 stars Selves in Discord, January 17, 2010

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Paul Isbell "Reader of Kierkegaard" (Bakersfield, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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3.0 out of 5 stars very short book for the price - I am serious, November 19, 2002

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This review is from: Selves in Discord and Resolve: Kierkegaard's Moral-Religious Psychology From Either/Or to Sickness Unto Death (Paperback)

not a bad book,VERY concise, more into (post)analytic ethics than continental writers.. just don't think its a five star work, too expensive for the limited size, otherwise eloquently written and may go into a list of helpful readings.