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Søren Kierkegaard: A Biography

par Joakim Garff

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"The day will come when not only my writings, but precisely my life--the intriguing secret of all the machinery--will be studied and studied." S©ıren Kierkegaard's remarkable combination of genius and peculiarity made this a fair if arrogant prediction. But Kierkegaard's life has been notoriously hard to study, so complex was the web of fact and fiction in his work. Joakim Garff's biography of Kierkegaard is thus a landmark achievement. A seamless blend of history, philosophy, and psychological insight, all conveyed with novelistic verve, this is the most comprehensive and penetrating account yet written of the life and works of the enigmatic Dane who changed the course of intellectual history. Garff portrays Kierkegaard not as the all-controlling impresario behind some of the most important works of modern philosophy and religious thought--books credited with founding existentialism and prefiguring postmodernism--but rather as a man whose writings came to control him. Kierkegaard saw himself as a vessel for his writings, a tool in the hand of God, and eventually as a martyr singled out to call for the end of "Christendom." Garff explores the events and relationships that formed Kierkegaard, including his guilt-ridden relationship with his father, his rivalry with his brother, and his famously tortured relationship with his fianc©♭e Regine Olsen. He recreates the squalor and splendor of Golden Age Copenhagen and the intellectual milieu in which Kierkegaard found himself increasingly embattled and mercilessly caricatured. Acclaimed as a major cultural event on its publication in Denmark in 2000, this book, here presented in an exceptionally crisp and elegant translation, will be the definitive account of Kierkegaard's life for years to come.… (plus d'informations)
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A surprising mediocrity despite (or, perhaps due to) the heft of this volume. Like most competent biographers of the modern style, Garff does not leap beyond the facts of the matter. No objection will be made to the accuracy of his account regarding descriptions of S.K's various trips abroad, his public ecclesiastical controversies, or regarding Garff's extensive coverage of the well-known Olsen affair. In fact, for those interested in historical tidbits regarding cultural life in early 19th century Copenhagen, perhaps this volume will be a tantalizing read.

However, where Garff lacks substance is where scholarship on Kierkegaard becomes more difficult (and more interesting). How does someone like S.K come to be? What are the thoughts of his which may have been left out of diary entries? What is his reflection upon his own scholarship, besides what he has put to print? Of course, there is a risk of inaccuracy in such speculative fumbling, and Garff's immaculate scholarship never takes such risks. I wonder about the irony in that.

Our unfortunate predicament is that such weighty scholarship (900 pages!) cannot be ignored. Garff has placed the academy in a kind of zugzwang, in which any repudiation would dampen all future scholarship, while any approbation will bind us to this mediocrity for perpetuity. Fortunately, we still have the Hong translations of the primary work. ( )
  Joe.Olipo | Nov 26, 2022 |
In this massive tome, Joakim Garff attempts to separate fact from fiction in the life of Søren Aabye Kierkegaard. While Kierkegaard wrote a lot of works and pieces of philosophy, much of his personal life remained shrouded in mystery. Originally printed in Danish, this book was translated by Bruce Kirmmse. It was wonderfully researched and very thorough in scope.

Alongside the text are several pictures and portraits done of Kierkegaard in various stages of life. The book was thoroughly researched, as I mentioned before, and contains references to all of Kierkegaard's extant works with some portions being cited to make his point.

All in all, Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a troubled man but wrote quite beautifully. At least, in my opinion, he was very skilled with language. ( )
  Floyd3345 | Jun 15, 2019 |
Garff skriver allerede i forordet, at han – i modsætning til de fleste læsninger af Kierkegaard – vil tage udgangspunkt i manden og det levede liv. Målet er et genindsætte filosoffen i sin tid, så han ”igen begynder at bevæge sig rundt blandt dem, der også færdedes i byen dengang og ikke var hel så umulige, som man, forledt til dels af Kierkegaard, sidenhen har villet gøre dem til. Jeg har derfor ikke blot ladet Kierkegaards øjne følge de andre, men også ladet de andres blikke hvile på Kierkegaard.” Det er kort sagt en biografi, der ikke bare tager udgangspunkt i mandens skrifter, men også i det samfund, som han var en del af.

Biografien er bygget klassisk kronologisk op. Efter en gennemgang af familieforhold, barndom og ungdom, når Garff frem til 1835, og derefter følger vi Kierkegaards liv år for år, selvom der selvfølgelig refereres frem og tilbage, når væsentlige temaer gennemgås. Fra privatlivet er det særligt forholdet til den strenge fader Michael Kierkegaard og selvfølgelig det ikke-realiserede kærlighedsforhold til Regine, der er i centrum. Men det er nok også værd at hæfte sig ved de mange dødsfald i familien, der nærede far og søns forestillinger om en guddommelig forbandelse. Selvom en streng fader og sublimering af fysisk kærlighed til litterær produktion ikke ligefrem er unikt, så er det stadig betydningsfuldt.

I det litterære og intellektuelle miljø var Kierkegaard først tiltrukket af kredsen omkring Johan Ludvig Heiberg, der stort set havde patent på den gode smag, og anerkendelsen var gengældt. Heiberg opponerede f.eks. hans magisterafhandling, men forbindelsen var kortvarig, og da Kierkegaard for alvor vendte sig mod Hegel, som Heiberg promoverede, blev det en anstødssten. Der er dog næppe tvivl om, at konflikten fyldte mest for Kierkegaard, og man kan ikke frigøre sig for den tanke, at den manglende modstand i virkeligheden ærgrede ham.

En lignende dobbelttydighed prægede hans forhold til biskop Mynster, mens fjendskabet til hans efterfølger, Martensen, var mere rendyrket.

I det hele taget var Kierkegaard ikke en mand, der satte sit geni under en skæppe, og selvom han havde noget at have sin selvfølelse i, så har det givetvis ikke været nemt at omgås ham. Professor Rasmus Nielsen blev nærmest behandlet som et uforstandigt barn, selvom han beundrede Kierkegaard højt, og forholdet til storebroren Peter Christian, der havde tilsluttet sig grundtvigianerne, endte i mere eller mindre åbenlys fjendtlighed.

Fra Kierkegaard udgav Enten-Eller i 1843 og frem til hans død i 1855 er det hans litterære produktion, der står i centrum, ligesom det var i hans liv. Det er omdiskuteret, hvor udsvævende hans ungdom havde været, men nu var det i hvert fald skriften, der fyldte det meste, og produktiviteten var enorm. Selvom salgstallene var faldende, så blev han snart anerkendt som en af landets fremmeste tænkere – og det ændrede det voksende modsætningsforhold til den officielle kristendom ikke på.

SAK er en fremragende ”life and times” biografi, der netop har sin styrke i, at det helt tætte portræt af Kierkegaard læses ind i et lige så detaljeret portræt af den tid og den by, han levede i. Det er derimod ikke en systematisk indføring i Kierkegaards tænkning, selvom indholdet af skrifterne diskuteres i forbindelse med deres udgivelseshistorie. Accepterer man den præmis, så er der meget at komme efter. ( )
  Henrik_Madsen | Jun 21, 2016 |
Kierkegaard is a very interesting man, in that at times he was both heroic and at the time afraid. he has the courage to follow his passion, writing and at the same time runs from his passion for Regina. He had the courage and passion to question the church but not the courage to break away. he like many of us faced and ran from his demons. ( )
  michaelbartley | Aug 3, 2012 |
Soren Kiekegaard is not always the easiest writer to read. This biography, by an Associate Professor at the Søren Kierkegaard Research Center at the University of Copenhagen, is not only a great biography, but also an excellent summary/introduction to the work of this mercurial and purposefully anbiguous philosopher. ( )
  zenosbooks | Feb 24, 2009 |
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"The day will come when not only my writings, but precisely my life--the intriguing secret of all the machinery--will be studied and studied." S©ıren Kierkegaard's remarkable combination of genius and peculiarity made this a fair if arrogant prediction. But Kierkegaard's life has been notoriously hard to study, so complex was the web of fact and fiction in his work. Joakim Garff's biography of Kierkegaard is thus a landmark achievement. A seamless blend of history, philosophy, and psychological insight, all conveyed with novelistic verve, this is the most comprehensive and penetrating account yet written of the life and works of the enigmatic Dane who changed the course of intellectual history. Garff portrays Kierkegaard not as the all-controlling impresario behind some of the most important works of modern philosophy and religious thought--books credited with founding existentialism and prefiguring postmodernism--but rather as a man whose writings came to control him. Kierkegaard saw himself as a vessel for his writings, a tool in the hand of God, and eventually as a martyr singled out to call for the end of "Christendom." Garff explores the events and relationships that formed Kierkegaard, including his guilt-ridden relationship with his father, his rivalry with his brother, and his famously tortured relationship with his fianc©♭e Regine Olsen. He recreates the squalor and splendor of Golden Age Copenhagen and the intellectual milieu in which Kierkegaard found himself increasingly embattled and mercilessly caricatured. Acclaimed as a major cultural event on its publication in Denmark in 2000, this book, here presented in an exceptionally crisp and elegant translation, will be the definitive account of Kierkegaard's life for years to come.

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