Kierkegaard's '‘Repetition' and Pilgrimage

In 1843, the Danish philosopher Kierkegaard wondered whether it was possible to repeat an experience. He attempted to relive experiences he once had in Berlin by revisiting haunts of his earlier self. After several days, he concluded that his repetition of experience was unsuccessful. Many people ma...

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Main Author: Haller, Stephen Francis 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dublin Institute of Technology [2016]
In: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2016, Volume: 4, Issue: 5, Pages: 10-16
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855 / Experience / Repetition / Camino de Santiago / Experience
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
VA Philosophy
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Authenticity
B Camino de Santiago
B Pilgrimage
B Kierkegaard
B exhaustible pleasures
B repeatable pleasures
B Repetition
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