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While ostensibly commenting on the work of a contemporary novelist, Kierkegaard used this review as a critique of his society and age. The influence of this short piece has been far-reaching. The apocalyptic final sections are the source for central notions in Heidegger’s Being and Time. Later readers have seized on the essay as a prophetic analysis of our own time. Its concepts have been drawn into current debates on identity, addiction, and social conformity.
- Author: Søren Kierkegaard
- Publisher: Penguin UK
- Published: 2001-10-25
- Pages: 163
- ISBN-13: 9780141958651
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