Document Type
Conference Paper in Published Proceedings
Department
Philosophy
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
This paper illuminates the central arguments in Sartre's UNESCO address, 'The Singular Universal." The address begins by asking whether objective facts tell us everything there is to know about Kierkegaard. Sartre's answer is negative. The question then arises as to whether we can lay hold of Kierkegaard's "irreducible subjectivity" by seeing him as alive for us today, i.e., as transhistorical. Sartre's answer here is affirmative. However, a close inspection of this answer exposes a deeper level to the address. The struggle to find a place for Kierkegaard within the world of objective knowledge is an allegory. It mirrors Sartre's struggle to find a place for his existentialism within the Marxism that dominates his later thinking.
Recommended Citation
Antony Aumann, “Sartre’s View of Kierkegaard as Transhistorical Man,” Journal of Philosophical Research 31 (2006) 361-372. DOI: 10.5840/jpr_2006_12
Comments
DOI: 10.5840/jpr_2006_12