The Fullness of Time
Kierkegaardian Themes in Dreyer's Ordet
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3551472 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Watts (0000-0002-9255-4515, University of Essex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 58 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel10010058 |
| OpenAlex | W2910933570 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
I offer an approach to Dreyer's film Ordet as a contribution to the phenomenology of a certain kind of religious experience. The experience in question is one of a moment that disrupts the chronological flow of time and that, in the lived experience of it, is charged with eternal significance. I propose that the notoriously divisive ending of Ordet reflects an aim to provide the film's viewers with an experience of this very sort. I draw throughout on some central ideas in Kierkegaard's work, especially his category of 'the moment
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Physics · Psychoanalysis · sort · Computer Science · Kierkegaardian Philosophy and Influence · Literature and Cultural Memory · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |