Description
About the Author
Michael Strawser is chair of the Department of Philosophy and associate professor of philosophy at the University of Central Florida.
Reviews
Power, prominence, or wealth can't give real meaning to life-only love can. This is a vivid account of love and the story of how love becomes the lodestone of Kierkegaard's varied and voluminous writing. In this fine and comprehensive book, Strawser shows how love stiches a self together and threads out to gently pull in friends and loved ones, giving verve and traction to a life. -- Edward F. Mooney, Syracuse University
Michael Strawser's book. . . is an important contribution to understanding the universal human experience of love. . . . Strawser's phenomenological exploration of love in the writings of Soren Kierkegaard offers valuable insights into the philosopher's life's work. . . Strawser's book is an approachable and engaging discussion that conveys the relevance of Kierkegaard for a contemporary world very much in need of more love. * Reading Religion *
According to Michael Strawser, the topic of love has become the central focus of Kierkegaard research in the early twenty-first century. Interpreting Kierkegaard as a phenomenological thinker, Strawser brings the ideas of a nineteenth-century author usefully into dialogue with recent and contemporary philosophers of love and emotion. His discussion is thus aimed at readers who wish to understand Kierkegaard, or love, or both. -- Rick Anthony Furtak, Colorado College
Power, prominence, or wealth can't give real meaning to life-only love can. This is a vivid account of love and the story of how love becomes the lodestone of Kierkegaard's varied and voluminous writing. In this fine and comprehensive book, Strawser shows how love stitches a self together and threads out to gently pull in friends and loved ones, giving verve and traction to a life. -- Edward F. Mooney, Syracuse University
According to Michael Strawser, the topic of love has become the central focus of Kierkegaard research in the early twenty-first century. Interpreting Kierkegaard as a phenomenological thinker, Strawser brings the ideas of a nineteenth-century author usefully into dialogue with recent and contemporary philosophers of love and emotion. His discussion is thus aimed at readers who wish to understand Kierkegaard, or love, or both. -- Rick Anthony Furtak, Colorado College
Book Information
ISBN 9781498524902
Author Michael Strawser
Format Paperback
Page Count 248
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 345g
Dimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm * 17mm