the concept of dread
third printing, 1953.
kierkegaard’s 1844 study of dread (written under the pseudonym vigilius haufniensis) reframes it as the dizziness of freedom: the vertigo of possibility that precedes guilt. through psychology and theology, he asks how innocence becomes sin and why freedom terrifies us. a seed text for twentieth-century existentialism, long read alongside fear and trembling and the sickness unto death.
translated, with introduction and notes by walter lowrie.
princeton: princeton university press. 154 pages. 5.85 x 9.5". hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: mild spine fading, owner inscription to front-free-end paper. very good+.
from the library of richard perlbinder. Item #1322
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