The concept of repetition in Kierkegaard's
philosophy has to do with love
and marriage. As
opposed to the romantic concept of pure "first love" Kierkegaard
suggests the idea of repetition which for his is the only way to grant marriage
both an ethical and
aesthetic
justification. The concept of repetition stands in contrast to Hegel's
mediation and has to do with Kierkegaard's view of faith. Faith, like love, is an
act or repeating and thus constantly ratifying a relation of the self to itself
and the external element (God of the spouse) to which he is devoted and from
which he receives a sense of who he is.
See a detialed summary of Kierkegaard's book Repetition.
See a detialed summary of Kierkegaard's book Repetition.
