June 2013 Academic & Specialist Indiana University Press

Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion

Kierkegaard, Communication, and Virtue: Authorship as Education Assistant Mark A Tietjen

Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion

Kierkegaard, Communication, and Virtue: Authorship as Education
Assistant Mark A Tietjen


In contrast to recent postmodern and deconstructionist readings, Mark A. Tietjen believes that the purpose behind Kierkegaard’s writings is the moral and religious improvement of the reader. Tietjen defends Kierkegaard against claims that certain features of his works, such as pseudonymity, indirect communication, irony, and satire are self-deceived or deceitful. Kierkegaard, Communication, and Virtue reveals how they are directly related to the virtues or moral issues being discussed.