While ostensibly commenting on the work of a contemporary novelist, Kierkegaard used this review as a critique of his society and age. The influence of this short piece has been far-reaching. The apocalyptic final sections are the source for central notions in Heidegger's Being and Time. Later readers have seized on the essay as a prophetic analysis of our own time. Its concepts have been drawn into current debates on identity, addiction, and social conformity.
| ISBN: | 9780140448016 |
| Publication date: | 25th October 2001 |
| Author: | Soren Kierkegaard, Alastair Hannay, Alastair Hannay |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Genres: |
Phenomenology and Existentialism |