A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic TitleNationalism is a globally resurgent phenomenon. From Britain to India to the United States of America, we find nations vociferously reasserting their own sovereignty, ethnic composition, and intrinsic superiority. Thomas J. Millay demonstrates how Kierkegaard’s ascetic voice speaks directly to our present crisis.Kierkegaard and the New Nationalism: A Contemporary Reinterpr...

Countless academic books have been written about how to interpret literary texts. From reader response criticism to Marxist hermeneutics and beyond, the scholarship on interpretive methods is vast. Yet all these books fail to address a more fundamental question: Why should we read in the first place? Or, to put it another way, why is reading an important thing to do? In order to answer these questions, Thomas J. Millay turns to the wisdom of Danish philosopher-theologian Soren Kierkegaard....

Kierkegaardian Phenomenologies, edited by J. Aaron Simmons, Jeffrey Hanson, and Wojciech Kaftanski, offers a substantive, diverse, and timely consideration of phenomenological engagements within the thought of Søren Kierkegaard. Featuring original essays from a distinguished collection of established and emerging global scholars representing different schools of thought, this volume explains how the interest in a phenomenological reading of Kierkegaard is not only vital, but conti...

This volume is a continuation of our series exploring Saint Augustine’s influence on later thought, this time bringing the fifth century bishop into dialogue with 19th century philosopher, theologian, social critic, and originator of Existentialism, Soren Kierkegaard. The connections, contrasts, and sometimes surprising similarities of their thought are uncovered and analyzed in topics such as exile and pilgrimage, time and restlessness, inwardness and the church, as well as suffering, evi...

Bei unserem ersten Messeauftritt in Frankfurt am Main 1990 wurden Wetten abgeschlossen, wie lange es dieser neue Verlag wohl machen würde. An ein Vierteljahrhundert hat damals niemand gedacht, vielleicht nicht einmal die Gründer selbst.Inzwischen sind mehr als 800 Bücher im Ch. Links Verlag erschienen, und jedes von ihnen hat seine eigene Geschichte. 25 davon werden in diesem Buch erzählt und mit kleinen Lesestücken präsentiert, quer durch die Jahre und die unterschiedlichen Reihen....

Bei unserem ersten Messeauftritt in Frankfurt am Main 1990 wurden Wetten abgeschlossen, wie lange es dieser neue Verlag wohl machen würde. An ein Vierteljahrhundert hat damals niemand gedacht, vielleicht nicht einmal die Gründer selbst.Inzwischen sind mehr als 800 Bücher im Ch. Links Verlag erschienen, und jedes von ihnen hat seine eigene Geschichte. 25 davon werden in diesem Buch erzählt und mit kleinen Lesestücken präsentiert, quer durch die Jahre und die unterschiedlichen Reihen....

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic. Roses - An Introduction2 - A Red, Red Ros...

In these more modern time perhaps our first thoughts of an Elegy or a Lament is for someone’s passing. Wreathed in grief and death we think of a headstone on a silent grave and the memories that shelter within our hearts, slowly receding from one generation to the next, as an often lonely voice extols the virtues and traits of the one who has passed.But these two very early forms of poetry, dating back to at least Ovid and probably further, are also surprising in their lyrical touc...

Poems for Middle and High School StudentsRead by Connie Dangel and Martin Siemienski