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date: 02 March 2021

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This chapter examines Soren Kierkegaard's thoughts about selfhood and spirit. It analyses Kierkegaard's conceptions of self, passion, and will in his psychological works and , suggesting that these works offer more direct or dialectical analyses of different conscious states. The chapter also considers Kierkegaard's view about existentialism and personalism, and his belief that selfhood is the goal rather than the presupposition of existence.

Keywords: Soren Kierkegaard, selfhood, spirit, passion, conceptions of self, Concept of Anxiety, Sickness Unto Death, conscious states, existentialism, personalism

John J. Davenport

John J. Davenport is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. He is the author of Narrative Identity, Autonomy, and Mortality: From Frankfurt and MacIntyre to Kierkegaard (Routledge, 2012); Will as Commitment and Resolve: An Existential Account of Creativity, Love, Virtue, and Happiness (Fordham, 2007), as well as several essays on Kierkegaard and ethics, character, free will, and eschatological faith. He co-edited Kierkegaard After MacIntyre (Open Court, 2001) with Anthony Rudd.

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