Demonic Pantheism: Either/Or on Boredom as the Modern Crisis of Faith
This article engages with A’s "Crop Rotation" in Either/Or —the "boredom" essay—as a source for serious thought on the modern crisis of faith. Exploring A’s portrayal of the modern subject as isolated and self-enclosed, a "bored" condition linked to its radical autonomy...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Kierkegaard studies. Yearbook
Year: 2024, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-22 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NBE Anthropology TJ Modern history VA Philosophy |
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| Summary: | This article engages with A’s "Crop Rotation" in Either/Or —the "boredom" essay—as a source for serious thought on the modern crisis of faith. Exploring A’s portrayal of the modern subject as isolated and self-enclosed, a "bored" condition linked to its radical autonomy and self-directed existence, it suggests that A’s explanation for this condition still holds today: modern humans’ self-assertion (and hence self-isolation) emerges as a response to a profound loss of meaning. Through an existential reading of A’s essay, it highlights A’s notion of "demonic pantheism" as illuminating what lies behind boredom, namely, a relatable experience of disillusionment following the loss of meaning—in other words, "existential doubt" or a crisis of faith. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-9792 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Kierkegaard studies. Yearbook
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/kierke-2024-0002 |