TY - BOOK AU - Vaškovic,Petr TI - Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky: The Search of the Authentic Life and the Problem of Existential Entrapment T2 - Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series , SN - 9783111591230 AV - B4378.C5 V37 2024 U1 - 198/.9 23/eng/20241029 PY - 2024///] CY - Berlin, Boston PB - De Gruyter KW - Christianity and existentialism KW - Dostoevskij, Fëdor Michajlovič KW - Ethik KW - Existenzialismus KW - Kierkegaard, Søren KW - Dostoevsky KW - Kierkegaard KW - ethics KW - existential philosophy KW - faith N1 - Diss; Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; List of Abbreviations --; Part A: Dostoevsky and Kierkegaard --; Preface --; The First Chapter Polyphony --; The Second Chapter Individual Self-Development Towards Ethical and Religious Perfection --; The Third Chapter The Problem of Existential Entrapment --; Part B: The Stories of Entrapment --; The Fourth Chapter Affective Obstacles to Ethical-Religious Development --; The Fifth Chapter Rational Obstacles to Ethical-Religious Development --; The Sixth Chapter Misguided Faith as an Obstacle to Ethical-Religious Development --; Part C: The Way out of Entrapment --; The Seventh Chapter Escaping Entrapment --; The Eighth Chapter Authenticity --; Original Language Editions --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - The book brings together the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard with that of another prominent proto-existentialist thinker, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Asking the question: "What constitutes an authentic Christian life?", the book explores the answer given by both authors, which is that one should rid oneself of selfish inclinations and strive for a life of faith that revolves around the virtues of humility and non-preferential love. However, as we learn from Dostoevsky and Kierkegaard, becoming an authentic individual is no easy task, and the book goes on to examine the obstacles that lie in the path of individual existential self-development. The book then examines the ways in which the various characters and pseudonymous authors who populate Dostoevsky's and Kierkegaard's books struggle in their attempts to become authentic ethical and religious individuals. The examination of this struggle, termed existential entrapment and defined as the inability to progress on the path of one's existential self-development, forms the core of the book and helps to map out the ethical-religious landscape of Dostoevsky’s and Kierkegaard’s thought UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111591346 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783111591346 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783111591346/original ER -