Starting with Kierkegaard

<div><br/><p><span>Søren 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. </span></p><br/><p><span></span></p><br/><p><span>Clearly 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, <em>Starting with Kierkegaard</em> 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.</span></p><br/><p><span></span></p><br/><p><i><span>Starting with Kierkegaard</span></i><span> 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. <i>Starting with Kierkegaard</i> is the ideal introduction for anyone coming to the work of this hugely important thinker for the first time.</span></p></div>>