Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

Contributors.

1. Philosophy after Kierkegaard. Paul Ricoeur.

2. Existence and Ethics. Emmanuel Levinas.

3. Kierkegaard on Death and Dying. Wilhelm Anz.

4. Thinking God in the wake of Kierkegaard. David Wood.

5. The Eyes of Argus: The Point of View and points of view on Kierkegaard's work as an author. Joakim Garff.

6. The wound of negativity: two Kierkegaard texts. George Steiner.

7. Kierkegaard and the Novel. Gabriel Josipovici.

8. We are not sublime: Love and sacrifice, Abraham and ourselves. Sylviane Agacinski.

9. Whom to give to (knowing not to know). Jacques Derrida.

Kierkegaard's publications and their authors: a chronology.

Bibliography.

Index.

Beginning with an editorial introduction outlining the contradictory history of Kierkegaard’s reputation, this Critical Reader brings together a range of essays – some previously published – which together paint a vivid picture of the new Kierkegaard.

Contributors include Paul Ricoeur, Emmanuel Levinas, Wilhelm Anz, David Wood, Joakim Garff, George Steiner, Gabriel Josipovici, Syviane Agacinski and Jacque
Derrida.