"Chatter": Language and History in Kierkegaard

by Peter Fenves

Book Overview

This book shows that in "chatter" Kierkegaard uncovered a specifically linguistic mode of negativity, which became the medium in which a non-speculative and non-historicism presentation of history could be carried out. The author examines in detail those writings of Kierkegaard in which he undertook complex negotiations with the threat-and also the promise-of "chatter."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804722072
• ISBN13: 9780804722070
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"