Controverting Kierkegaard

This is the first English edition of a major work by the Danish philosopher and theologian K. E. Løgstrup (1905-81). It focuses on four main themes in Kierkegaard: his understanding of Christ and Christianity; his understanding of suffering in human existence; Christian vs. secular ethics; and Platonistic influences on Kierkegaard.

The insightful introductions are written by well-known Løgstrup scholars, and the translations are fluent and precise...Knud E. Løgstrup is a philosophical force to be reckoned with.

Robert Stern is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, where he has worked since 1989. He has published extensively on Kant, Hegel, and transcendental arguments, as well as on accounts of moral obligation. He has recently published the first monograph in English on Løgstrup, entitled The Radical Demand in Løgstrup's Ethics. Bjørn Rabjerg is Assistant Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Religion at Aarhus University, Denmark, where he has been since 2010. He holds a PhD in Systematic Theology and an MA in Philosophy. He has worked extensively on Løgstrup since 2004 and has been Head of the Løgstrup Archive at Aarhus University since 2013. His most recent publications have been on Løgstrup, Søren Kierkegaard, Martin Luther, and Karl Ove Knausgård. Kees van Kooten Niekerk was formerly Associate Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Aarhus. He was in charge of the Løgstrup Archive and the editor of its newsletter between 2000 and 2013. He has published works on the relationship between theology and science, bioethics, and K. E. Løgstrup. Hans Fink is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Aarhus. He is the co-editor of What Is Ethically Demanded?: K. E. Løgstrup's Philosophy of Moral Life (Notre Dame 2017, with Robert Stern).