Without Authority: Kierkegaard's Resistance to Patriarchy

The phrase, "Without Authority," is used so frequently by Kierkegaard that it becomes a kind of signature; yet it remains little understood. I argue that the phrase works to resist patriarchal, top-down, institutionally sanctioned authority: the authority of "direct" communicatio...

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Main Author: Maughan-Brown, Frances 1987- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2021-08-11]
In: Kierkegaard studies. Yearbook
Year: 2021, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 301-323
IxTheo Classification:FD Contextual theology
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
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Summary:The phrase, "Without Authority," is used so frequently by Kierkegaard that it becomes a kind of signature; yet it remains little understood. I argue that the phrase works to resist patriarchal, top-down, institutionally sanctioned authority: the authority of "direct" communication. Kierkegaard is not alone in contesting the tyranny of patriarchy: another tyranny - of anonymity, of the crowd - threatens to do away with patriarchal authority too, and with it all authority, all communication. Kierkegaard's "without authority" defies patriarchy and does so at the risk of this wild-fire destruction, for the sake of a different communication that might yet be possible.
ISSN:1612-9792
Contains:Enthalten in: Kierkegaard studies. Yearbook
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/kierke-2021-0013