The Books From the Papers of Someone Still Alive 1841 The Concept of Irony, with constant reference to Socrates

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1 The Books 1838 From the Papers of Someone Still Alive 1841 The Concept of Irony, with constant reference to Socrates 1843 Either/Or 1843 Fear and Trembling and Repetition; an essay in experimental psychology 1844 The Concept of Anxiety and Philosophical fragments 1845 Stages on life's way 1846 Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments Upbuilding Discourses 1847 Works of love 1848 The point of view for my work as an author 1849 The sickness unto death 1850 Practice in Christianity 1855 The Moment Letters and documents

2 1813 Born in Copenhagen 1830 Graduates from Borgerdydskolen,Copenhagen 1838 Death of Father 1838 First book: From the Papers of Someone Still Alive 1840 Cand.theol. From the University of Copenhagen Engaged to Regine Olsen 1841Mag.art. From the University of Copenhagen The five novels 1846 The fight in Corsaren 1855 Dead in Copenhagen, buried at Assistens Kirkegård Life

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4 1813 Born in Copenhagen 1830 Graduates from Borgerdydskolen,Copenhagen 1838 Death of Father 1838 First book: From the Papers of Someone Still Alive 1840 Cand.theol. From the University of Copenhagen Engaged to Regine Olsen 1841Mag.art. From the University of Copenhagen The five novels 1846 The fight in Corsaren 1855 Dead in Copenhagen, buried at Assistens Kirkegård Life

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6 1813 Born in Copenhagen 1830 Graduates from Borgerdydskolen,Copenhagen 1838 Death of Father 1838 First book: From the Papers of Someone Still Alive 1840 Cand.theol. From the University of Copenhagen Engaged to Regine Olsen 1841Mag.art. From the University of Copenhagen The five novels 1846 The fight in Corsaren 1855 Dead in Copenhagen, buried at Assistens Kirkegård Life

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8 Books 1838 From the Papers of Someone Still Alive 1841 The Concept of Irony, with Constant Reference to Socrates 1843 Either/Or 1843 Fear and Trembling and Repetition 1844 The Concept of Anxiety and Philosophical Fragments 1845 Stages on Life's Way 1846 Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments Upbuilding Discourses 1847 Works of Love 1848 The Point of View for My Work as an Author 1849 The Sickness unto Death 1850 Practice in Christianity 1855 The Moment Letters and documents

9 The Work : Direct address. Criticism, philology and philosophy, especially the analysis of the concept of irony. The personal, philosophical and religious breakthrough : Indirect address. Calls it my work as an author. Mixes fiction, different disciplines within humanities and religious speeches as he discuss a number of aesthetical, ethical and religious strategies of existence in a complicated pattern of pseudonyms. Important concepts: the choice, anxiety, the leap, subjectivity, the paradox : Direct address. Tries out the religious strategy of existence in thesis and polemic articles. (Source: Finn Hauberg Mortensen,

10 Either-Or 1 st volume: A s papers or the papers of the aesthetic type, among these The Seducer s Diary 2 nd volume: B s papers or the papers of the ethical type addressed to A

11 Fragment and Irony Fragment: part of a whole that can t be grasped Irony: saying (at least) two things at the same time Critique of irony: irony as a controlled incidence

12 The Ethical Position To choose one self, and stick to it, as opposed to choosing again and again among the many nice opportunities offered to you by life

13 Kierkegaard s Existentialism His philosophy of life is a philosophy of uncertainty that is based on the choice of the individual facing a world where nothing is given in advance Anxiety is the feeling we have when we face this nothingness

14 The Leap and the Paradox The leap into an existence totally different from the human condition The absolute paradox of being human and divine, timely and eternal, at the same time

15 A Novel of Diaries and Letters The intimate genres of the 18 th century, as in the novels of Richardson, Rousseau or Goethe, are about the inner life, about love and seduction, feelings and sexuality

16 Looking at Girls The desire for the body is also an aesthetic desire, a desire for beauty The element of voyeurism, shadows and doubles

17 Aestheticism Making nature into art Making art out of life, as in the The art of seduction The ethical problems that it raises

18 Decadence Fragmentation Hyper sensibility Hyper reflectivity

19 Places The street: women as fair game, the moment of passing The private interior: the small world of romantic dreams and tamed sexuality The countryside: the liberated, natural space of lovemaking