Passion for Nothing

<p><i>Passion for Nothing</i> offers a reading of Kierkegaard as an apophatic author. As it functions in this book apophasis is a flexible term inclusive of both negative theology and deconstruction. One of the main points of this volume is that Kierkegaard's authorship opens pathways between these two resonate but often contentiously related terrains.</p><p>The main contention of this book is that Kierkegaard's apophaticism is an ethical-religious difficulty one that concerns itself with the whylessness of existence. This is a theme that Kierkegaard inherits from the philosophical and theological traditions stemming from Meister Eckhart. Additionally the forms of Kierkegaard's writing are irreducibly apophatic-animated by a passion to communicate what cannot be said.</p><p>The book examines Kierkegaard's apophaticism with reference to five themes: indirect communication God faith hope and love. Across each of these themes the aim is to lend voice to the unruly energy of the unsayable and in doing so let Kierkegaard's theological spiritual and philosophical provocation remain a living one for us today.</p>