2014
DOI: 10.5840/philtheol20143103
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Situating Melancholy in Kierkegaard's "The Concept of Anxiety"

Abstract: In this article, I draw on Kierkegaard's often over-looked work, The Concept of Anxiety, to gain deeper insight into the tenor of melancholy. We discover that Kierkegaard labels anxiety, due to its connection to hereditary sin, as the source for melancholy. Thus, contrary to the usual interpretation of Kierkegaard, I argue that melancholy is more than an individual's struggle with existence, but is intimately tied to the historical environment, because it is steeped in an ever-increasing, ever-deepening anxiet… Show more

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