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Cover -- Title Page -- Imprint Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Rags to Riches -- 2. The Bad Penny -- 3. Audience -- 4. Faust and the Feminine -- 5. Either/Or -- 6. The Shower Bath -- 7. Winding Up -- 8. The Single Individual -- 9. Thief and Martyr -- 10. Death and its Impact -- 11. In Time's Centrifuge -- References -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements

Kierkegaard and Philosophy makes many of the most important papers on Kierkegaard available in one place for the first time. These seventeen essays, written over a period of over twenty years, have all been substantially revised or specially prepared for this collection, with a new introduction by the author.In the first part, Alastair Hannay concentrates on Kierkegaard's central philosophical writings, offering closely text-based accounts of the silent concepts Kierkegaard uses. The second part shows the relevance of other thinkers' treatments of shared themes, pointing out where they differ

The media often talk about public opinion, the 'American' or 'British' public, or the movie-going public. A public can hold an opinion and be divided. What is the public and where did it come from? Is there one public or many? Is the very idea of the public a myth? In this fascinating book, Alastair Hannay explores these questions and unpacks a much talked about but little understood phenomenon. He begins by tracing the origins of the public back to ancient Rome, before arguing that the idea of a public sphere is closely linked to the birth of democracy in the eighteenth century. He also reflects on the Enlightenment and the origins of public opinion, as well as considering the role of the media in creating and manipulating the public, and asks whether the very idea of the public might be uprooted and undermined by the Internet and global technology. Engaging and controversial in equal measure, On the Public also draws on famous thinkers who have written about the public, such as Kierkegaard, Hannah Arendt, John Dewey and Jürgen Habermas.

The media often talk about public opinion, the 'American' or 'British' public, or the movie-going public. A public can hold an opinion and be divided. What is the public and where did it come from? Is there one public or many? Is the very idea of the public a myth? In this fascinating book, Alastair Hannay explores these questions and unpacks a much talked about but little understood phenomenon. He begins by tracing the origins of the public back to ancient Rome, before arguing that the idea of a public sphere is closely linked to the birth of democracy in the eighteenth century. He also reflects on the Enlightenment and the origins of public opinion, as well as considering the role of the media in creating and manipulating the public, and asks whether the very idea of the public might be uprooted and undermined by the Internet and global technology. Engaging and controversial in equal measure, On the Public also draws on famous thinkers who have written about the public, such as Kierkegaard, Hannah Arendt, John Dewey and Jürgen Habermas.

Written by a preeminent authority on Kierkegaard, this biography is the first to reveal the delicate imbrication of Kierkegaard's life and thought. It traces the factors that led Kierkegaard to grapple with philosophical and religious problems in a way that later generations would recognize as amounting to a philosophical revolution

I. A kind of philosopher -- II. Turning Hegel outside-in -- III. The knight of faith's silence -- IV. The dialectic of faith -- V. Pathology of the self -- VI. Purity of heart -- VII. Love of one's neighbour -- VIII. Equality and association -- IX. The "abstract" individual -- X. Unconcluding postscript.