Abstract
This article offers a philosophical account of the so-called journal of Gilleleje. I would like to argue that in this text from 1835 one can trace the early philosophical musings of Kierkegaard on the existential question of the discovery of the self and the development of selfhood, one of the main motifs in the authorship of the Dane. Additionally, I discuss the literary trends of the 1830s in Golden Age Denmark, particularly the boom of the Danish short novel and Heiberg’s admiration of Goethe, analyzing in what way this local context impacted Kierkegaard’s ideas in the journal of Gilleleje.
Published Online: 2021-08-11
Published in Print: 2021-08-11
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Articles in the same Issue
- Titelseiten
- Title pages
- Preface
- Contents
- Articles
- Abbreviations
- Section 1: Interpreting Kierkegaard’s Authorship
- Section 1: Interpreting Kierkegaard’s Authorship
- In Search of “That Archimedean Point”: The Development of Selfhood in Kierkegaard’s Journal of Gilleleje
- Philosophy Lost and Found: Irony and Renewal in Kierkegaard’s Philosophical Fragments
- Between Deception and Authority: Kierkegaard’s Use of Scripture in the Discourses, “Thoughts That Wound from Behind—for Upbuilding”
- “Your Existence is a Delight to Us.” An Investigation into the Identity of the Neighbour in Kierkegaard’s Works of Love
- The Concept of State in Kierkegaard’s Papers
- Section 2: Selected Concepts and Problems in Kierkegaard
- Section 2: Selected Concepts and Problems in Kierkegaard
- Human Striving and Absolute Reliance upon God: A Kierkegaardian Paradox
- The Hidden Divine Experimenter: Kierkegaard on Providence
- Towards the Socratic Mission: Imitatio Socratis
- Between Singularity and Plurality: Kierkegaard and the Paradox of Absolute Difference
- The Liberating Cacophony of Feelings: Kierkegaard on Emotions
- The (Im)proper Community: On the Concept of Eiendommelighed in Kierkegaard
- Without Authority: Kierkegaard’s Resistance to Patriarchy
- Ecophilosophy and the Ambivalence of Nature: Kierkegaard and Knausgård on Lilies, Birds and Being
- Section 3: Kierkegaard’s Sources and Historical Context
- Section 3: Kierkegaard’s Sources and Historical Context
- Sibbern’s Anticipations of Kierkegaard’s Polemic against the Hegelians: The Critique of Abstraction
- Hans L. Martensen on Self-Consciousness, Mysticism, and Freedom
- “The Greatest Sculptor”: Bertel Thorvaldsen According to Kierkegaard
- Section 4: Receptions and Reflections of Kierkegaard’s Thought
- Section 4: Receptions and Reflections of Kierkegaard’s Thought
- The Tale of Two Seducers: Existential Entrapment in the Works of Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky
- What is Worldly Logic and Why Might it Lead to Suicide? Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, and the Critique of Logic
- Lukács and Kierkegaard: Decadence or Despair
- Is Hell the Other? Kierkegaard and Sartre on the Dialectic of Recognition
- On the Limitations of Lao Sze Kwang’s “Trichotomy of the Self” in His Interpretation of Kierkegaard
- Section 5: Kierkegaard’s Authorial Strategies
- Section 5: Kierkegaard’s Authorial Strategies
- Kierkegaard and the Publisher’s Peritext
Articles in the same Issue
- Titelseiten
- Title pages
- Preface
- Contents
- Articles
- Abbreviations
- Section 1: Interpreting Kierkegaard’s Authorship
- Section 1: Interpreting Kierkegaard’s Authorship
- In Search of “That Archimedean Point”: The Development of Selfhood in Kierkegaard’s Journal of Gilleleje
- Philosophy Lost and Found: Irony and Renewal in Kierkegaard’s Philosophical Fragments
- Between Deception and Authority: Kierkegaard’s Use of Scripture in the Discourses, “Thoughts That Wound from Behind—for Upbuilding”
- “Your Existence is a Delight to Us.” An Investigation into the Identity of the Neighbour in Kierkegaard’s Works of Love
- The Concept of State in Kierkegaard’s Papers
- Section 2: Selected Concepts and Problems in Kierkegaard
- Section 2: Selected Concepts and Problems in Kierkegaard
- Human Striving and Absolute Reliance upon God: A Kierkegaardian Paradox
- The Hidden Divine Experimenter: Kierkegaard on Providence
- Towards the Socratic Mission: Imitatio Socratis
- Between Singularity and Plurality: Kierkegaard and the Paradox of Absolute Difference
- The Liberating Cacophony of Feelings: Kierkegaard on Emotions
- The (Im)proper Community: On the Concept of Eiendommelighed in Kierkegaard
- Without Authority: Kierkegaard’s Resistance to Patriarchy
- Ecophilosophy and the Ambivalence of Nature: Kierkegaard and Knausgård on Lilies, Birds and Being
- Section 3: Kierkegaard’s Sources and Historical Context
- Section 3: Kierkegaard’s Sources and Historical Context
- Sibbern’s Anticipations of Kierkegaard’s Polemic against the Hegelians: The Critique of Abstraction
- Hans L. Martensen on Self-Consciousness, Mysticism, and Freedom
- “The Greatest Sculptor”: Bertel Thorvaldsen According to Kierkegaard
- Section 4: Receptions and Reflections of Kierkegaard’s Thought
- Section 4: Receptions and Reflections of Kierkegaard’s Thought
- The Tale of Two Seducers: Existential Entrapment in the Works of Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky
- What is Worldly Logic and Why Might it Lead to Suicide? Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, and the Critique of Logic
- Lukács and Kierkegaard: Decadence or Despair
- Is Hell the Other? Kierkegaard and Sartre on the Dialectic of Recognition
- On the Limitations of Lao Sze Kwang’s “Trichotomy of the Self” in His Interpretation of Kierkegaard
- Section 5: Kierkegaard’s Authorial Strategies
- Section 5: Kierkegaard’s Authorial Strategies
- Kierkegaard and the Publisher’s Peritext