Books by John Lippitt

Rev. ed. of: Routledge philosophy guidebook to Kierkegaard and Fear and trembling. 2003.

Irony, humour and the comic play vital yet under-appreciated roles in Kierkegaard's thought. Focusing upon the Concluding Unscientific Postscript, this book investigates these roles, relating irony and humour as forms of the comic to central Kierkegaardian themes. What roles can irony and humour play in the infamous Kierkegaardian 'leap'?