Research Article

[Guest Paper] Kierkegaard’s Concept of Irony and his Critiques on Romantic Irony

Volume: 1 Number: 1 June 30, 2018
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[Guest Paper] Kierkegaard’s Concept of Irony and his Critiques on Romantic Irony

Abstract

Abstract: Søren Kierkegaard’s doctoral dissertation, The Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates (1841) is not only a comprehensive analysis of the concept of irony but it also comprises his own characterization of irony. Kierkegaard both elaborates on Socratic irony by addressing interpretations of Xenophon, Plato and Aristophanes and looks into core principles of romantic irony by concentrating on German Romantics in it. This article first examines the key features of Kierkegaard’s irony and his critiques on romantic irony particularly through Friedrich Schlegel’s famous novel, Lucinde. Then, it discusses whether Schlegel’s romantic irony satisfies the necessary requirements of irony specified in The Concept of Irony. It also shows that in the light of Kierkegaard’s critiques on Schlegel’s irony, the traces of the aesthetic, the ethical and the religious spheres of existence which form the outline of Kierkegaard’s existential philosophy and the place of irony as a border territory between the aesthetic and the ethical spheres, depicted in his later works, can already be found in The Concept of Irony.

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References

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Philosophy

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 30, 2018

Submission Date

May 15, 2018

Acceptance Date

June 16, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 1 Number: 1

APA
Çeşmeli, İ. (2018). [Guest Paper] Kierkegaard’s Concept of Irony and his Critiques on Romantic Irony. MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka Ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi, 1(1), 141-157. https://izlik.org/JA78UG29EN
AMA
1.Çeşmeli İ. [Guest Paper] Kierkegaard’s Concept of Irony and his Critiques on Romantic Irony. MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi. 2018;1(1):141-157. https://izlik.org/JA78UG29EN
Chicago
Çeşmeli, İşıl. 2018. “[Guest Paper] Kierkegaard’s Concept of Irony and His Critiques on Romantic Irony”. MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka Ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi 1 (1): 141-57. https://izlik.org/JA78UG29EN.
EndNote
Çeşmeli İ (June 1, 2018) [Guest Paper] Kierkegaard’s Concept of Irony and his Critiques on Romantic Irony. MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi 1 1 141–157.
IEEE
[1]İ. Çeşmeli, “[Guest Paper] Kierkegaard’s Concept of Irony and his Critiques on Romantic Irony”, MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 141–157, June 2018, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA78UG29EN
ISNAD
Çeşmeli, İşıl. “[Guest Paper] Kierkegaard’s Concept of Irony and His Critiques on Romantic Irony”. MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi 1/1 (June 1, 2018): 141-157. https://izlik.org/JA78UG29EN.
JAMA
1.Çeşmeli İ. [Guest Paper] Kierkegaard’s Concept of Irony and his Critiques on Romantic Irony. MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi. 2018;1:141–157.
MLA
Çeşmeli, İşıl. “[Guest Paper] Kierkegaard’s Concept of Irony and His Critiques on Romantic Irony”. MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka Ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi, vol. 1, no. 1, June 2018, pp. 141-57, https://izlik.org/JA78UG29EN.
Vancouver
1.İşıl Çeşmeli. [Guest Paper] Kierkegaard’s Concept of Irony and his Critiques on Romantic Irony. MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi [Internet]. 2018 Jun. 1;1(1):141-57. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA78UG29EN