The Hong Kong Reception of Kierkegaard: From the 1950s to the Present
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Andrew Ka Pok Tam
Abstract
Early in the 1950s, Kierkegaard’s philosophy had already been introduced to the academic circle of Hong Kong, which was an in-betweener between Chinese and Western cultures. Nevertheless, while Kierkegaard was frequently discussed by the Japanese philosophers of the Kyoto school, Hong Kong Chinese philosophers (remarkably New Confucians) from the 1950s to the 2010s rarely appreciate Kierkegaard’s philosophy. This paper argues that these Chinese philosophers are uninterested in Kierkegaard because their major concerns are the preservation of traditional Chinese culture in Hong Kong, and Kierkegaard’s philosophy seems to be irrelevant to their visions and missions, and Kierkegaard’s Christian ontology seems to be inconsistent with New Confucian ontology.
The author would like to express gratitude to Prof. Lauren Pfister for his advice and information concerning the recent Hong Kong reception of Kierkegaard. Since it is difficult to find Hong Kong Chinese theologians who focus on Kierkegaard’s philosophy, this paper focuses on Hong Kong Chinese philosophers since their writings are more accessible.
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- Titlepages
- Titlepages
- Preface
- Contents
- Section 1: Interpreting Kierkegaard’s Works
- Section 1: Interpreting Kierkegaard’s Works
- ‘No One Was As Great As Abraham’: Exemplarity and the Failure of Hermeneutical Refiguration in Fear and Trembling
- Kierkegaards Begriff Angst als „gottesfürchtige Satire“
- Seeing as the Eccentric Lover: An Exploration into Vision, Forgiveness, and Anamorphic Dynamic in Kierkegaard’s “Love Hides a Multitude of Sins”
- Section 2: Concepts and Problems in Kierkegaard
- Section 2: Concepts and Problems in Kierkegaard
- Kierkegaard and the Figure of the Philistine: a Negative Way of Highlighting Existence
- Is There a Suspension of Subjectivity?
- The Call to Selfhood: Kierkegaard, Narrative Unity, and the Achievement of Personal Identity
- Between Mood and Spirit: Kierkegaard’s Conception of Death as the Teacher of Earnestness
- “My Dear Reader—but to Whom Am I Speaking?” Kierkegaard Read with the Rhetorical Theory of Narrative
- “Forgiveness is forgiveness:” Kierkegaard’s Spiritual Acoustics
- Section 3: Kierkegaard’s Sources and Historical Context
- Section 3: Kierkegaard’s Sources and Historical Context
- The Kantian Sublime Reflected in the Kierkegaardian Sublime
- Der Begriff Ernst. Zur Kritik ironischer Selbstverhältnisse bei Hegel und Kierkegaard
- The Young Kierkegaard as a Student of Liunge’s Kjøbenhavnsposten
- Section 4: Receptions of Kierkegaard’s Thought
- Section 4: Receptions of Kierkegaard’s Thought
- Fast vergessen: Die Nachwirkungen von Kierkegaards Kulturkritik im Krisendiskurs der dänischen Nachkriegszeit
- The Hong Kong Reception of Kierkegaard: From the 1950s to the Present
- Kierkegaard: Existenzphilosoph nur im ‚Nebenberuf‘? Überlegungen im Anschluss an Jürgen Habermas
- Kierkegaard and Religionswissenschaft: A Source- and Reception-Historical Survey (Part 2)
- Articles
- Abbreviations
Articles in the same Issue
- Titlepages
- Titlepages
- Preface
- Contents
- Section 1: Interpreting Kierkegaard’s Works
- Section 1: Interpreting Kierkegaard’s Works
- ‘No One Was As Great As Abraham’: Exemplarity and the Failure of Hermeneutical Refiguration in Fear and Trembling
- Kierkegaards Begriff Angst als „gottesfürchtige Satire“
- Seeing as the Eccentric Lover: An Exploration into Vision, Forgiveness, and Anamorphic Dynamic in Kierkegaard’s “Love Hides a Multitude of Sins”
- Section 2: Concepts and Problems in Kierkegaard
- Section 2: Concepts and Problems in Kierkegaard
- Kierkegaard and the Figure of the Philistine: a Negative Way of Highlighting Existence
- Is There a Suspension of Subjectivity?
- The Call to Selfhood: Kierkegaard, Narrative Unity, and the Achievement of Personal Identity
- Between Mood and Spirit: Kierkegaard’s Conception of Death as the Teacher of Earnestness
- “My Dear Reader—but to Whom Am I Speaking?” Kierkegaard Read with the Rhetorical Theory of Narrative
- “Forgiveness is forgiveness:” Kierkegaard’s Spiritual Acoustics
- Section 3: Kierkegaard’s Sources and Historical Context
- Section 3: Kierkegaard’s Sources and Historical Context
- The Kantian Sublime Reflected in the Kierkegaardian Sublime
- Der Begriff Ernst. Zur Kritik ironischer Selbstverhältnisse bei Hegel und Kierkegaard
- The Young Kierkegaard as a Student of Liunge’s Kjøbenhavnsposten
- Section 4: Receptions of Kierkegaard’s Thought
- Section 4: Receptions of Kierkegaard’s Thought
- Fast vergessen: Die Nachwirkungen von Kierkegaards Kulturkritik im Krisendiskurs der dänischen Nachkriegszeit
- The Hong Kong Reception of Kierkegaard: From the 1950s to the Present
- Kierkegaard: Existenzphilosoph nur im ‚Nebenberuf‘? Überlegungen im Anschluss an Jürgen Habermas
- Kierkegaard and Religionswissenschaft: A Source- and Reception-Historical Survey (Part 2)
- Articles
- Abbreviations
