UDC

165.81

Authors

Nikolay B. Tetenkov
Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov; prosp. Lomonosova 4, Arkhangelsk, 163006, Russian Federation; e-mail: tenibo@yandex.ru

Abstract

This article discusses the reasons that brought S. Kierkegaard to the idea of multiple subjectivity and the principle of subsidiarity. Primarily, it was the fundamental goal he had set for himself: to show all possible forms of worldviews. Kierkegaard achieved this goal using conceptual characters that he created. Each of them lived one of the forms of human existence and evaluated other forms of existence from its own point of view. Another reason that led to the idea of multiple subjectivity was Hegel’s philosophical system, which asserts the identity of being and thinking. However, Kierkegaard believed such an identity to be possible only for God and not for humans. Consequently, the human is split, and the splitting gives rise to multiplicity. Hegel’s dialectics is based on the hierarchical principle, so this dialectics cannot be used to explain forms of human existence, as they are not hierarchical, but rather heterarchical towards each other. In addition, Kierkegaard’s aesthetic worldview is originally plural; religious and intermediate forms allow of plurality as well; forms of human existence are based on the principle of subsidiarity towards each other. The specificity of artistic creativity requires plurality in the author: one part of the author generates ideas, while the other part selects from them those ideas that seem to be the most interesting and important.

Keywords

Søren Kierkegaard, multiple subjectivity, conceptual character, aesthetic form of human existence, ethical form of human existence

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