CHRISTIAN RHETORICS AND THE FARCE OF EXISTENCE

Abstract

Kierkegaard’s understanding of truth as subjectivity has as its consequencethat anyone who seeks to understand what Kierkegaard says must first understand the way hecommunicate. Following the way of how Kierkegaard communicates the category of the singleindividual, this paper aims to show three basic moments underlying the vast communication fieldthat opens before those who come before Kierkegaard’s work: death of the author, Other as astarting point, reduplication. In light of these structural moments Kierkegaard’s method is shown asa specific reformulation of classically conceived rhetorical discourse, that is, as Christian rhetorics.