Excursions with Kierkegaard

Noted Kierkegaard scholar Edward Mooney guides the reader through the major themes of the Danish philosopher''s life and thought. Each chapter frames a striking issue, usually encapsulated in a short passage from Kierkegaard, and pursues it directly and deeply.

Kierkegaard speaks to our need for self-understanding, our need to negotiate the tensions between surprisingly subtle capacities for commu...