Arne Grøn's Existential Hermeneutics: Existence, Ethics and Religion

Bjarke Mørkøre Stigel Hansen, Mads Peter Karlsen, René Rosfort

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    Abstract

    This paper presents an introduction to Arne Grøn's existential hermeneutics as a philosophical method, while also attempting to indicate how Grøn's work contributes to and engages in a number of crucial topics in modern continental philosophy. The first section of the paper shows how Grøn draws on Paul Ricoeur and Michael Theunissen to rethink the concept of existence through a reading of Kierkegaard that uncouples this concept from the self-evident status it attained in twenty-century existentialism. The second section of the paper argues that Grøn proposes an existential ethics that takes the Kierkegaardian notion that humans are inherently normative beings and uses this as a basis for a critique of ethics, as well as for establishing an ethics of vision inspired by Kierkegaard. The third section of the paper presents a reading of Grøn's notion of religion as an inextricable part of human existence.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalDanish Yearbook of Philosophy
    Volume53
    Pages (from-to)108-132
    Number of pages25
    ISSN0070-2749
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2020

    Keywords

    • Existential hermeneutics
    • Existence
    • Ethics
    • Religion
    • Arne Grøn

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