Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks

FAIN: RZ-51016-09

Connecticut College (New London, CT 06320-4125)
K. Brian Soderquist (Project Director: November 2008 to June 2013)

Preparation for publication of volumes 4, 5, 6, and 7 of Kierkegaard's journals and notebooks, an English-language edition of the unpublished writings of Søren Kierkegaard. (36 months)

An international group of well-known scholars of philosophy, history, and religious studies is producing a critical, scholarly, English-language edition of the unpublished writings of the Danish thinker Søren Kierkegaard (1813-55). These writings, collectively entitled "Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks," are being published by Princeton University Press. The first volume appeared at the beginning of 2007; volume two appeared at the beginning of 2008; volume three is now at the compositor and is expected to be appear at the beginning of 2009. Editorial work is now under way for the materials which will constitute volume four, which is expected to appear at the beginning of 2010. We expect to maintain this publication schedule--a volume a year--until all eleven volumes have been published. Approximately 50% of the project's costs are being borne by a major grant from the Danish government.

Associated Products

Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks: Volume 4, Journals NB-NB5 (Book)
Title: Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks: Volume 4, Journals NB-NB5
Author: Søren Kierkegaard
Editor: K. Brian Söderquist
Editor: Niels Jørgen Cappelorn
Editor: Alastair Hannay
Editor: David Kangas
Editor: Bruce H. Kirmmse
Editor: George Pattison
Editor: Joel D. S. Rasmussen
Editor: Vanessa Rumble
Abstract: For over a century, the Danish thinker Søren Kierkegaard (1813-55) has been at the center of a number of important discussions, concerning not only philosophy and theology, but also, more recently, fields such as social thought, psychology, and contemporary aesthetics, especially literary theory. Kierkegaard has long been recognized as one of history's great journal keepers. By far the greater part of Kierkegaard's journals and notebooks consists of reflections on a myriad of subjects--philosophical, religious, political, personal. Studying his journals and notebooks takes us into his workshop, where we can see his entire universe of thought. Volume 4 of this 11-volume series includes the first five of Kierkegaard's well-known "NB" journals, which contain, in addition to a great many reflections on his own life, a wealth of thoughts on theological matters, as well as on Kierkegaard's times, including political developments and the daily press. Kierkegaard wrote his journals in a two-column format, one for his initial entries and the second for the extensive marginal comments that he added later. This edition of the journals reproduces this format, includes several photographs of original manuscript pages, and contains extensive scholarly commentary on the various entries and on the history of the manuscripts being reproduced.
Year: 2011
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/kierkegaards-journals-and-notebooks-volume-4-journals-nb-nb5/oclc/751789948&referer=brief_results
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Secondary URL: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9595.html
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Type: Translation
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9780691149035

Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks, Volume 5: Journals NB6-10 (Book)
Title: Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks, Volume 5: Journals NB6-10
Author: Søren Kierkegaard
Editor: General Editor Bruce H. Kirmmse
Editor: General Editor K. Brian Søderquist
Editor: Niels Jørgen Cappelørn
Editor: Alastair Hannay
Editor: David Kangas
Editor: George Pattison
Editor: Joel D. S. Rasmussen
Editor: Vanessa Rumble
Abstract: Despite his relatively short life (1813-55), Danish thinker Søren Kierkegaard was an extraordinarily prolific writer, with some 26 volumes of published writings. But he left behind nearly as much unpublished writing, most of which consists of what are called his "journals and notebooks." These consists of reflections on a myriad of subjects--philosophical, religious, political, personal. From the genesis of his published works to new concepts and insights the Notebooks allow us to see the thinker in dialogue with his times and with himself. Volume 5 of this 11-volume series includes five of Kierkegaard's important "NB" journals (Journals NB6 through NB10), covering the months from summer 1848 through early May 1849. This was a turbulent period both in the history of Denmark and for Kierkegaard personally. These journals include Kierkegaard's reactions to the Danish political upheaval, a retrospective account of his audiences with King Christian VIII, deliberations about publishing an autobiographical explanation of his writings, an increasingly harsh critique of the Danish Church, the radicalization of his view of "essential Christianity," and questions on the meaning of martyrdom. Kierkegaard wrote his journals in a two-column format, one for his initial entries and the second for the extensive marginal comments that he added later. This edition of the journals reproduces this format, includes several photographs of original manuscript pages, and contains extensive scholarly commentary on the various entries and on the history of the manuscripts being reproduced.
Year: 2011
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/kierkegaards-journals-and-notebooks-volume-5-journals-nb6-nb10/oclc/751801122&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9596.html
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Type: Translation
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9780691152189

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