Suspension of Secular Seriousness: A Kierkegaardian Revival of Metaphysical Humor in Ethico-political Communication

Publication Type

Thesis

Year of Publication

2007

Author

Leung, Karey Kar Yee

Academic Department

Political Science

Pages

269

Publisher

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Place Published

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Work Type

Diss

Language

English

Advisor

Cornell, Drucilla

Publish Dates

May 2007

Keywords

belief
politics
Kierkegaard, Søren Aabye
spirituality
superstition

Annotation

Within the larger context of a consideration of 'form and content' in philosophical, particularly, Kierkegaardian thought, Leung briefly discusses Weil's writing on the danger of dismissing or ignoring 'superstition' as well as the role of belief in political thought.