Kierkegaard, Mimesis, and Modernity: A Study of Imitation, Existence, and Affect

by Wojciech Kaftanski

This book challenges the widespread view of Kierkegaard's idiosyncratic and predominantly religious position on mimesis.

Taking mimesis as a crucial conceptual point of reference in reading Kierkegaard, this book offers a nuanced understanding of the relation between aesthetics and religion in his thought. Kaftanski shows how Kierkegaard's dialectical-existential reading of mimesis interlaces aesthetic and religious themes, including the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367695596
• ISBN13: 9780367695590
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"