{"product_id":"two-ages-the-age-of-revolution-and-the-present-age-a-literary-review-9780691140766","title":"Kierkegaard's Writings, XIV, Volume 14: Two Ages: The Age of Revolution and the Present Age a Literary Review","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter deciding to terminate his authorship with the pseudonymous \u003ci\u003eConcluding Unscientific Postscript\u003c\/i\u003e, Kierkegaard composed reviews as a means of writing without being an author. \u003ci\u003eTwo Ages\u003c\/i\u003e, here presented in a definitive English text, is simultaneously a review and a book in its own right. In it, Kierkegaard comments on the anonymously published Danish novel \u003ci\u003eTwo Ages\u003c\/i\u003e, which contrasts the mentality of the age of the French Revolution with that of the subsequent epoch of rationalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kierkegaard commends the author's shrewdness, and his critique builds on the novel's view of the two generations. With keen prophetic insight, Kierkegaard foresees the birth of an impersonal cultural wasteland, in which the individual will either be depersonalized or obliged to find an existence rooted in \"equality before God and equality with all men.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This edition, like all in the series, contains substantial supplementary material, including a historical introduction, entries from Kierkegaard's journals and papers, and the preface and conclusion of the original novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward V. Hong\u003c\/b\u003e, the former Director of the Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College, is the General Editor of \u003ci\u003eKierkegaard's Writings\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eEdna H. Hong\u003c\/b\u003e (1913-2007) was a poet, writer, and translator who has collaborated with Professor Hong on other English translations of Kierkegaard's work.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327172645138,"sku":"9780691140766","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5b8234ec-f19c-4cac-b611-e084d433a587.jpg?v=1727710865","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/two-ages-the-age-of-revolution-and-the-present-age-a-literary-review-9780691140766","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}