HDCB01052U Søren Kierkegaard and the Challenge of Existence
Kierkegaard and the challenge of existence is a course in
English for international students offered each semester. Søren
Kierkegaard is the most famous Danish philosopher – praised by
people like Sartre. The course examines central parts of
Kierkegaard’s writings. These will be used as a key to the basic
content of his thinking such as existence, despair, love and
passion. Søren Kierkegaard claimed to present a complete summary of
all the possible ways in which we can live our lives or exist. At
the same time, he analyzed and criticized these ways thoroughly in
order to judge to what extent they can give us a true point of
orientation. Every lecture presupposes a short reading and will
have sufficient room for discussion. The course also includes a
city walk, which can be characterized as a walk through
Kierkegaard’s life. We will visit some of the places Kierkegaard
frequented as well as some of his former residences in Copenhagen
and thereby get to know details of his odd personal life. (The
course does not presuppose specialized knowledge.)
www.culturecourse.ku.dk
- Category
- Hours
- Excursions
- 5
- Lectures
- 20
- Total
- 25
Registration form will be available at the beginning of November online at www.culturecourse.ku.dk
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignment
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- HDCB01052U
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Level
- Bachelor
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- Monday 16-18 plus excursions
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin, History
Contracting department
- SAXO-Institute - Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin, History
Course responsibles
- Per Methner Rasmussen (3-737075436b7870316e7831676e)
Lecturers
Ulrich Martin Knappe