Kierkegaard On Anxiety Analysis

What is a human person? How do human beings relate to God? Who am I? Why do I exist?

Life in general is consisting of metamorphic events. These changes are part of human history as well as his culture. In this paper I would tried to compare two different period of that history, commonly known as age of anxiety and contemporary humanity. These two periods are somehow interrelated, one Preceding the other. The age of anxiety was made up of many horrific events which determine later on how Nation are build and alliance are concluded in the world. This period was mark primarily by the biggest war recorded that the human kind have seem, War world I and world II. It was also a greet period of Invention of many technologies. Contemporary humanity can be considered as a post child of Anxiety era. That period has seen a

A way to direct the topic of anxiety is to look into the theories behind different peoples emotions and also reactions. Anxiety can occur in an individual because distress and fear take action. It could be as simple as being afraid of insects or heights, or it could a larger scale, like due self consciousness with physical appearance or body weight. Reading an individuals anxiety can be hard to comprehend and as an individual who understands psychology we all know that we should deal with anyone who suffers from a heavy load of anxiety in a gingerly manor. Many people go about hiding their anxiety, or express in it an unhealthy habits. Psychologist try and work with through counseling to shorten stress and dissect the situation thats causing

Throughout life, events occur and mold us. Events that hold many achievements and hardships. Events that causes us to adapt, hopefully, for the better. Events that becomes experiences, which we learn from and evolve into a wiser self. However, these inspiring words and pithy phrases are more suited for those who seek a generic answer. While we have these moments of triumph and success, we also have terrors that reside on the opposite side of the spectrum. Moments of lasting pain and trivial endeavors that leave an imprint on us unlike the moments of joy. It is through man’s isolation and pain that tell us not to talk to strangers or play with fire. Unfortunately, it is difficult to explain the feelings of pain than it is of joy. Franz Kafka explores these feelings. Franz Kafka journeys and displays the complicated genre of alienation and psychological tribulation of mankind in his stories, The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, and The Trial.

In Knausgaard’s My Struggle Volume 1, Knausgaard breaks down his own life story to its elementary particles, reliving memories, reopening wounds, and examining with candor the turbulence and the epiphanies that emerge from his own experience of fatherhood, the fallout in the wake of his father’s death, and his visceral connection to music, art, and literature. Volume 1 begins with a perspective on death, moves into a 100-page account of underage Karl and a pal sneaking beer for New Year's Eve, and builds to the burial of his father. He tells you a story of his life - as a small boy and a married father of four children. His fear and hatred of his dominating father. Knausgaard is able to capture events of his life- even after thirty years later. He captures the feelings of objects, humans, and situations that makes up a life. Knausgaard effectively

How does the individual assure himself that he is justified? In Soren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling, Abraham, found in a paradox between two ethical duties, is confronted with this question. He has ethical duties to be faithful to God and also to his son, Isaac. He believes that God demands him to sacrifice Isaac. But, Abraham, firmly adhering to his faith, submitted to what he believed was the will of God. By using his perspective and that of his alternative guise, Johannes de Silentio, Kierkegaard concentrates on the story of Abraham in such a way that his audience must choose between two extremes. Either Abraham is insane or he is justified in saying he will kill Isaac.

Kierkegaard believes that true faith can only be attained through a double movement of giving up rationality or logic, while at the same time believing one can understand logically. In “Fear and Trembling” Kierkegaard relates true faith to the Knight of infinite resignation and the Knight of faith; in this paper, I will examine this claim and show why Kierkegaard’s analogy is an excellent metaphor for the double movement which is required in one’s quest to attain faith and why.

Understanding the Anxious Mind is an article that immediately stood out to me as I scrolled through the readings as it truly sheds light on a very important topic, personally, that was presented in class, and that is the possibility that anxiety might in fact be unavoidable and predisposed in certain individuals. In this article we are introduced to Jerome Kagan, a psychology professor at the Harvard school conducting a longitudinal study on temperament and its effects over time; his test subjects being no more than a child of four months at the start of the study in order to avoid the possibility of outside factors affecting results. Although the professor attempted the same study on 19 babies, 18 were seemingly unaffected by the stimuli presented

There is no philosophical individual if there is no leap towards word of mouth. Kierkegaard exemplifies such mocking rhapsodies in his piece “Fear and Trembling”. Scattered within are multiple insults shot at individuals whom he wills deserving of it. Breezily crucifying ill-mannered beliefs, and rendering hopeless their application, Kierkegaard makes his first deprecatory stop at the gate of objective and speculative philosophy. Objective thinkers are swerved by Kierkegaard as he states “ When a cellar-dweller plays this game everyone thinks it is ridiculous...ridiculous for the greatest man in the world to do it.” (Kierkegaard 32). A conclusion can be drawn that the philosopher sees objective values as a tool with which existence can be understood an incorrect and confusing fantasy for “who is to write or complete such a system ?” (Kierkegaard 29). Declaring the objective thinkers self-equating of one to the whole, a method attainable by any man and comical in his eyes. His criticism of the aforementioned scholars doesn 't stop here as he follows with a like-minded observation of objective Christianity. He preludes that individuals seeking to understand Christianity through objective evidence, are not true believers for “ Herein lies the scholar’s exalted equanimity as well as the comedy of his parrot-like pedantry.” (Kierkegaard 34) The man who attains faith in this manner must remain mindful of the dragon at the door which waits to devour it (Kierkegaard 35). Kierkegaard

I think Freud would say that my situation created anxiety and that I am using avoidance as a defense mechanism. I would say that assessment would be true, that is the thing that I have the most anxiety about in my life right now. I’m not completely sure if it’s the anticipation of having to talk about it with my parents or finding out what they are going to say, once the conversation is over. But either way, I am still neglecting to deal with the cause of my anxiety. I will continue to have anxiety because I am not dealing with it in a healthy manner, because I am avoiding talking about it all together.

The main focus in one of Soren Kierkegaard’s best works, Fear and Trembling, is about the “teleological suspension of the ethical”, which is where a higher law is the main priority, thus suspending the moral law. The book is written under a pseudonym, Johannes de Silentio, who talks about the biblical story of Abraham's compliant reaction to God's command to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. Primarily on the foundation of this story, Abraham has become renowned within the Judeo-Christian religion as the "father of faith". Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son provides Kierkegaard with a chance to introduce challenging questions regarding the nature and value of Christianity. In this paper, we will focus on an interpretation of Fear and Trembling in which Kierkegaard challenges the Christians of his era, as well as emphasizes the difficulty of religious faith.

Kierkegaard was born in the early 18th Century to a wealthy family in Copenhagen and he died at the tender age of 42 in 1855. Kierkegaard’s life was rather ordinary however, it is fair to say his work is quite remarkable. Today Kierkegaard is widely known as a philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and a prolific religious author. It is without doubt that Kierkegaard’s ‘Fear and Trembling’ is a remarkably difficult yet worthwhile and insightful to read. In ‘Fear and Trembling’ Kierkegaard discusses the extremely controversial topic of what exactly faith is. Kierkegaard was a huge influence on other writers since the nineteenth century for example Ludwig Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein once said Kierkegaard was ‘by far the most profound thinker

In Kierkegaard’s “Fear and Trembling”, we are presented with the views of Soren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Hegel and Kierkegaard’s pseudonym, ‘Johannes de Silentio’, in regard to the story, “The Binding of Isaac” and how Abraham’s religious beliefs made him sacrifice his son, which went against the rules of the ethical at that moment in time. We must ask ourselves, is it ever justifiable to commit an act that goes against a universal set of ethical rules in order to pursue an individual relationship with God – a relationship that takes priority over the ethical?

Spending one’s whole life trying to please somebody who does not appreciate them can tears oneself apart. This struggle was shown in Franz Kafka’s life and his writing. The Metamorphosis is mainly about father and son conflicts relating solely from his own childhood and life experiences such as striving for his father’s approval, personal illnesses, and being a burden to his family.

Franz Kafka wrote about man’s struggles and his deep need for understanding the world around him. As with many writers, Kafka’s written word reflected what he knew best from his own life. In particular, his themes were built around a lack of self-esteem and insecurities as a young man, which parallelled his own life of living under the constant scrutiny and demeaning attitude of his dominating father. In this paper I will explain how this relationship is reflected throughout many of Kafka’s books, in particular, The Metamorphosis.