{"product_id":"starting-with-kierkegaard-9781847065803","title":"Starting with Kierkegaard","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Patrick Sheil\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eS ren Kierkegaard was one of the most important European philosophers of the nineteenth-century and is widely regarded as the founder of existentialism. His work had a profound influence on some of the main intellectual currents of the last two centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClearly and thematically structured, with investigations into a host of Kierkegaard's key concepts-including 'immediacy', 'sin', 'despair', 'individuality' and 'the crowd'-and with references to a wide range of his works, Starting with Kierkegaard provides the reader with a balanced overview of the Danish philosopher's project, paying as much attention to the signed 'edifying' works as to the famous authorship of the pseudonyms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStarting with Kierkegaard\u003c\/i\u003e also offers a short survey of the historical, biographical and philosophical context of Kierkegaard's ideas as they started to take shape in the 1830s. The book closes with a discussion of Kierkegaard and society, and of his continuing relevance to today. \u003ci\u003eStarting with Kierkegaard\u003c\/i\u003e is the ideal introduction for anyone coming to the work of this hugely important thinker for the first time.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45086498488471,"sku":"9781847065803","price":10786.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781847065803.webp?v=1767266054","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/starting-with-kierkegaard-9781847065803","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}