Book: Paperback | 129 x 198mm | 160 pages | ISBN 9780140448016 | 25 Oct 2001 | Penguin Classics
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. It concepts have been drawn into current debates on identity, addiction, and social conformity.
A Literary Review
Translator's Introduction
Further Reading
Translator's Note
A LITERARY REVIEW
Preface
Introduction
I. Prospectus of the Contents of Both Parts
Part One: The Age of Revolution
Part Two: The Present Age
II. An Aesthetic Reading of the Novel and Its Details
III. The Results of Observing the Two Ages
The Age of Revolution
The Present Age
