Angústia como possibilidade de subjetividade segundo Kierkegaard

Abstract

The present dissertation has in its most primordial scope to comprehend the concept of anguish in the work of the Danish philosopher Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855). For such accomplishment, it resorted, more specifically, on his work The Concept of Anguish, edited in 1844. In this dissertation we analyze the relevancy of this concept for a philosophical comprehension of the human existence, as in which dimension the anguish constitutes the possibility of the subjectivity, as it is possible to sustain according to our our philosopher, to whom the idea of anguish is central in all his already mentioned work. In order to understand the many indications of Kierkegaard about anguish, I deemed it necessary that the reader be aware: 1) of the vision that the philosopher might have of the landscape of the thought of his time and his critical position in face of such a historic background; 2) of the understanding of anguish and the possibility of freedom in diverse practical situations of life. It is with the intention of the appropriation of these points above that my interpretation of Kierkegaard’s work was viable. And, with this essayistic character, Kierkegaard’s philosophy throws its themes challenging the reader to face them. Because of this, I considered relevant that, in reading the Kierkegaardian’s philosophy, the interpreter get acquainted of such contexts so that, later on, they may have a better glimpse of the work at large and of the theme of which, specifically, we regard here. A man, in face of the freedom to become subjectivity, is described by Kierkegaard by diverse and rich examples and serve as models or reference of such a subjectivity. The subjectivity is an issue to be better proportioned, being, therefore, difficult of being conquered in any individuality, once it faces other possibilities, including the dangerous and tempting possibility of not being yourself. Thus, this man or this subjectivity was the “object” of our considerations, specifically in the psychological observations about this become-subjectivity, which, according Kierkegaard, is anguish.