The „Book of the Judge”. On the Importance of Kierkegaard’s Journals and Papers

Authors

  • Roman Kralik Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN MOSCOW), Miklukho-Maklaya str. 6, 117198 Moscow, Russia
  • María J. Binetti Instituto Interdisciplinario de Estudios de Género Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas University of Buenos Aires, Puan 480, 1406 Buenos Aires, Argentina 
  • Peter Kondrla Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra Hodžova 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovak Republic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs2022.2.31.38

Keywords:

Kierkegaard, existence, indirect communication, christianity, Kierkegaard's discourse

Abstract

Aim. Our main purpose is  to explain the connection between the work and the intimate existence of Søren Kierkegaard, and how freedom operates in both of them. 

Concept. The article makes visible new writing ways that open from within Kierkegaard's work. Analytical reading of Kierkegaard's Journals and the comparative interpretation of the rest of Kierkegaard's work in terms of communicative styles and explains the genesis and location and type of communication of the Journals within the framework of the Kierkegaardian Corpus.  

Results.  Kierkegaard’s philosophy is present and indicates the extremely personal place in which the author possessed its work.  

Conclusions. We conclude the unavoidable importance of the Journals for the interpretation of Kierkegaard's work. The reason why the Journals are for Kierkegaard's „The Book of the Judge” lies in the direct, personal and intimate communication of its writing. Existence as free and self-conscious action constitutes the core of the article. On it rests the personal development of the individual and the incommensurable value of his life and work. 

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Author Biographies

  • Roman Kralik, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN MOSCOW), Miklukho-Maklaya str. 6, 117198 Moscow, Russia

    He currently works as the director of the Kierkegaarod Society in Slovakia and Professor, Senior research fellow at the Scientific and Educational Center of Pedagogical Researches KFU. His main interest is the Danish thinker Soren Kierkegaard. He also deals with Jewish culture and the problem of education. He is the editor-in-chief of the Acta KIerkegaardiana (University of Toronto) series.

  • Peter Kondrla, Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra Hodžova 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovak Republic

    Associate professor, PhD. He is a teacher at the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra. His scientific focus and research subjects are philosophy of values, history of Christian philosophy, postmodern philosophy, philosophy of religion, Kierkegaard, didactics of religious education, philosophy of religion, values of life and biblical studies. He focuses on the philosophical interpretation of biblical texts, specifically on revealing the foundations of the European value paradigm in these texts. He emphasizes the relationship between knowledge and truth, and deals with the possibilities of rational knowledge and its limits, specifically in relation to faith, religious texts and religious thinking. He is also engaged in the training of teachers of religion, where the main emphasis is on the development of competencies and critical thinking in the interpretation and interpretation of the Bible and other religious texts.

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Published

2022-09-27

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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2022): Journal of Education Culture and Society

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ETHICS

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Kralik, R., Binetti, M. J., & Kondrla, P. (2022). The „Book of the Judge”. On the Importance of Kierkegaard’s Journals and Papers. Journal of Education Culture and Society, 13(2), 31-38. https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs2022.2.31.38