The Sense of Antirationalism: The Religious Thought of Zhuangzi and Kierkegaard

by Karen Leslie Carr, Philip J. Ivanhoe

This book is a collaborative, comparative study of the religious thought of Zhuangzi, a fourth century B.C.E. Chinese Daoist, and Søren Kierkegaard, a nineteenth century Danish Christian. After offering a sense of the historical and intellectual contexts of each thinker, we argue that they develop distinct but related conceptions of a view we call anti-rationalism. We show how antirationalism characterizes their respective philosophies, helps us make sense of important aspects of their thought, and addresses issues that continue to fascinate reflective individuals today.

158 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1999