Kierkegaard:FearandTrembling(CambridgeTextsintheHistoryofPhilosophy)

Inthisrichandresonantwork,SorenKierkegaardreflectspoeticallyandphilosophicallyonthebiblicalstoryofGod'scommandtoAbraham,thathesacrificehissonIsaacasatestoffaith.WasAbraham'sproposedactionmorallyandreligiouslyjustifiedormurder?IsthereanabsolutedutytoGod?WasAbrahamjustifiedinremainingsilent?Inponderingthesequestions,Kierkegaardpresentsfaithasaparadoxthatcannotbeunderstoodbyreasonandconventionalmorality,andhechallengestheuniversalistethicsandimmanentalphilosophyofmodernGermanidealism,especiallyasrepresentedbyKantandHegel.ThisvolumepresentsthefirstnewEnglishtranslationfortwentyyears,bySylviaWalsh,togetherwithanintroductionbyC.StephenEvanswhichexaminestheethicalandreligiousissuesraisedbythetext.