Hverdagens martyrium - "at gesticulere med sin daglige Existents"
Resumé The term “martyr” literally means “witness,” but it has generallybeen associated with those who give up their lives voluntarilyfor their convictions. In the years leading up the Revolution of 1848,and even more so in the years following, Kierkegaard occupied himselfincreasingly with the notio...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | Danish |
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2013
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Dansk teologisk tidsskrift
Year: 2013, Volume: 76, Issue: 2, Pages: 82-94 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855
/ Martyr
/ Democracy
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Søren Kierkegaard
B Søren Kierkegaard Martyrdom Witness Genius Apostle Democracy B Democracy B Witness B Apostle B Genius B Martyrdom |
| Summary: | Resumé The term “martyr” literally means “witness,” but it has generallybeen associated with those who give up their lives voluntarilyfor their convictions. In the years leading up the Revolution of 1848,and even more so in the years following, Kierkegaard occupied himselfincreasingly with the notion of martyrdom, often defi ning a martyras a “witness to the truth” and sometimes including the unambiguousassertion that such a witness would necessarily die for his or herconviction, while at other times leaving unclear the matter of actualdeath and speaking of a life of ridicule and humiliation. The presentpaper, “Everyday Martyrdom”, emerges from the author’s immersionin Kierkegaard’s journals and notebooks and follows the sinuous pathof Kierkegaard’s refl ections on the necessity of martyrdom in the moderndemocratic age. When one of Kierkegaard’s conservative friendsexpressed hope for a strong man, a “tyrant,” to set things right, Kierkegaard wrote that what was needed was not a tyrant, but a “martyr.” |
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| Item Description: | Tema: Søeren Kierkegaard 1813 - 2013 |
| ISSN: | 0105-3191 |
| Contains: | In: Dansk teologisk tidsskrift
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