The SPCK Introduction to Kierkegaard

By Peter Vardy

This is a book about a remarkable man - yet in an important sense it is not about this man at all. Soren Kierkegaard died in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the age of forty-two in 1855. His writings had little influence in his lifetime and after his death, even with the translation of some of his works into German, he was barely known. Yet today, he is internationally accepted as one of the world's greatest thinkers and is often considered the father of existentialism.Here, Peter Vardy makes Kierkegaard's often complex and difficult thinking accessible to a wide audience. He sketches a few of the central themes of Kierkegaard's thought and gives the reader a feeling for the way he approaches problems and some sense of the breadth of his work. This revised and expanded edition is an ideal introduction to Kierkegaard for both students and the general reader.

• Language: English
• Publisher: SPCK
• Release date: Jan 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9780281065707

Peter Vardy

Peter Vardy is lecturer in the Philosophy of Religion at London University’s Heythrop College. Apart from the widely successful ‘Puzzle’ series, he is also author of ‘And If It’s True?’ and ‘Business Morality’. He is editor of the‘Fount Christian Thinkers’ series, the first six of which were published last year.

Reviews for The SPCK Introduction to Kierkegaard

[sunyidean · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Dry, and I struggled through it. I think I mostly was confused over why you would read this instead of Kirkegaard's own writing, which I do enjoy, or Bertrand Russell's sharp and humorous analyses, which have much more context and more points of interest. It wasn't terrible, just dull and a bit redundant I guess.