TY - BOOK AU - Carlsson,Ulrika TI - Kierkegaard and Philosophical Eros: Between Ironic Reflection and Aesthetic Meaning: SN - 9781350133716 U1 - N81.1KS 23 PY - 2021/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Academic KW - Kierkegaard, Søren, KW - Erōs (The Greek word) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "In an original argument, Ulrika Carlsson grasps hold of the figure of Eros that haunts Søren Kierkegaard's The Concept of Irony, and for the first time, uses it as a key to interpret both that text and the philosopher's second book, Either/Or. In an illuminating analysis, Carlsson argues that Kierkegaard adopts Plato's idea of Eros as the fundamental force that drives humans in all their pursuits and that, for him, every existential stance-every way of living and relating to the outside world-is at heart a way of loving"-- ER -