Abstract

Some politely do not ask. Others succumb: “Are you still working with Kierkegaard?” Still. But not still. For Kierkegaard will not be still. The ferment in Kierkegaard studies is remarkable. There is some zeroing in; there is much widening out: concentric circles, Kierkegaard the catylist. So much of what we once “knew” about Kierkegaard we do not know anymore. Cause for lamentation or celebration–or both? Again and again, Jon Stewart takes from us—with the deliberation of a police officer writing a traffic ticket—tried and true anchors in understanding.