The Sickness Unto Death：A Christian Psychological Exposition of Edification & Awakening by Anti-Climacus

Oneofthemostremarkablephilosophicalworksofthenineteenthcentury,TheSicknessUntoDeathisalsofamedforthedepthandacuityofitsmodernpsychologicalinsights.WritingunderthepseudonymAnti-Climacus,Kierkegaardexplorestheconceptof'despair',alertingreaderstothediversityofwaysinwhichtheymaybedescribedaslivinginthisstateofbleakabandonment-includingsomethatmayseemjusttheopposite-andofferingamuch-discussedformulafortheeradicationofdespair.Withitspenetratingaccountoftheself,thislateworkbyKierkegaardwashugelyinfluentialupontwentieth-centuryphilosophersincludingKarlJaspers,Jean-PaulSartreandAlbertCamus.TheSicknessuntoDeathcanberegardedasoneofthekeyworksoftheisticexistentialistthought-abrilliantandrevelatoryanswertooneman'sstruggletofillthespiritualvoid.