Infinite reduplication
Kierkegaard's negative concept of God
pp. 163-184
Abstract
This chapter offers an interpretation of Kierkegaard's conceptualization of God as "infinite reduplication." Kline locates this conceptualization in relation to the Hegelian notion of God as "absolute Spirit." What emerges is an apophatic articulation of divine subjectivity. For Kierkegaard, God is neither substance nor subject. God is the withdrawal of an eternal beginning that repeats or reduplicates itself in existence as love, freedom, and abandon.
Publication details
Published in:
Brown Nahum, Simmons J Aaron (2017) Contemporary debates in negative theology and philosophy. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Pages: 163-184
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65900-8_10
Full citation:
Kline Peter (2017) „Infinite reduplication: Kierkegaard's negative concept of God“, In: N. Brown & J.A. Simmons (eds.), Contemporary debates in negative theology and philosophy, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 163–184.