- 著者
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山内 清郎
- 出版者
- The Japanese Society for the Philosophy of Education
- 雑誌
- 教育哲学研究 (ISSN:03873153)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- no.90, pp.1-19, 2004
This paper explores an aspect of Søren Kierkegaard as a humoristic awakening teacher. In the theory of education, Kierkegaard has been well known as an existential thinker. The concepts of 'awakening' and 'subjective decision' are considered to be unique to Kierkegaard. A good deal of effort has been made to clarify the relation of educational theory and existential philosophy, a topic which is not ours here. Our concern is with the examination of the performative role that Kierkegaard intends to play in front of his audience.<BR>Kierkegaard describes himself as a humorist in his <I>Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments</I>, whose author is Johannes Climacus (one of Kierkegaard's pseudonyms). The question here is if we have not often overlooked the fact that the text is written by a humorist. Have we paid due attention to the nuances and atmospheres of the narrative of Climacus? <BR>To begin with, we have to inquire into the meaning of "misunderstanding" which Kierkegaard thinks as one of his main themes all through his authorship. A great deal of misunderstanding in his age has made it necessary for Kierkegaard to adopt pseudonymous authorship and to communicate in an experimental form of a humorist.<BR>Then, a detailed analysis of Climacus' humoristic narrative illustrates four features of a humorist : (1) continually to join the conception of God together with something else and to bring out contradictions; (2) not to relate himself to God in religious passion; (3) to change himself into a jesting and yet profound transition area for all the transactions; (4) to renounce the concordance of joys that go with having an opinion and always to dance lightly.<BR>Lastly, it seems reasonable to suppose that Climacus' usage of "existence" is far from that of a conventional context of existential philosophy. This view on humoristic style of Climacus' narrative should throw new light on the relation between educational theory and Kierkegaard.