O tornar-se subjetivo e a interdependência dos conceitos de cristianismo e subjetividade na filosofia de Kierkegaard

Abstract

This Thesis intends to analyze the relation between subjectivity and Christianity in Søren Aabye Kierkegaard‟s thought. This consideration begins with the kierkegaardian claim of Christianity as a subjective issue and its corresponding objection to an objective consideration of Christian concepts. Socrates will be presented as an important influence in the writings of the Danish philosopher, also in regard to the theme of subjectivity. It will be examined through the pseudonymous authors Climacus, Haufiniennses and Anti-Climacus, how the kierkegaardian anthropology, based in Christian categories such as sin and faith, understands that subjectivity is untruth and that it can only become truth through establishing a relationship with God, i.e., with the Christian paradox of the God-man. In the second chapter, the interrelation of subjectivity and faith, especially through the work Fear and Trembling, will be analyzed and, by reflecting upon the dialectic “despair and faith” / “sin and faith” from The Sickness unto Death, faith will be emphasized as the very possibility of becoming oneself / becoming subjective. The third chapter will present the process of becoming subjective as an ethical-religious task, especially through the Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments. Love will be subsequently analyzed, through Works of Love, as a fundamental aspect of the ethical-religious task and, the process of becoming subjective will be emphasized as the task of becoming a loving person. Finally we are going to reflect on how the task of becoming subjective becomes also an intersubjective task when connected to love.