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The Passions of Modernity. Between the Tribulations of Anxiety and Despair
The Passions of Modernity. Between the Tribulations of Anxiety and Despair

Author(s): Ștefan Bârzu
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: modernity;protestantism;anxiety;despair;faith;postmodernity;death of Christ

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on highlighting the way in which the spirit of Protestantism, ultimately expressed through the conceptual spectrum of anxiety and despair is the essence of modernity. Within this line of thought there will be explored and challenged the very tension that the Protestant discourse has brought into the public life and the new dynamics of faith. Finally, the goal of this paper is to resuscitate this paradigmatic shift and its effects on post-modernism by immersing into the orbit of death (and resurrection). This line of thought is based on the works of Kierkegaard, in which theProtestant is found at paroxysm intuiting the Postmodern nuances of anxiety and rethinking a Christian discourse within the coordinates of the Absurd.

  • Issue Year: 65/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 71-90
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English