As a spiritual autobiography, Kierkegaard's The Point of View for My Work as an AuthorThe Point of View for My Work as an Author stands among such great works as Augustine's ConfessionsConfessions and Newman's Apologia pro Vita SuaApologia pro Vita Sua. Yet Point of ViewPoint of View is neither a confession nor a defense; it is an author's story of a lifetime of writing, his understanding of the maze of greatly varied works that make up his oeuvre.
Upon the imminent publication of the second edition of Either/OrEither/Or, Kierkegaard again intended to cease writing. Now was the time for a direct report to history on the authorship as a whole. In addition to Point of ViewPoint of View, which was published posthumously, the present volume also contains On My Work as an AuthorOn My Work as an Author, a contemporary substitute, and the companion piece Armed NeutralityArmed Neutrality.
Kierkegaard left the task of discovering the meaning of his works to the reader, because "the task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted". Scholars have interpreted Kierkegaard variously as an existentialist, neo-orthodoxist, postmodernist, humanist, and individualist.
Crossing the boundaries of philosophy, theology, psychology, and literature, he is an influential figure in contemporary thought.... Show more