ABSTRACT
Ettore Rocca's work, Tra estetica e teologia. Studi kierkegaardiani was published by Edizioni ETS in 2004. Rocca makes use of these concepts to introduce himself and the reader to the main opposition that characterizes all Kierkegaardian thought, that is, the opposition between aesthetics, on the one hand, and theology, on the other. Rocca's main purpose with this publication is therefore to offer a compact, multifaceted answer to the central query, which undoubtedly constitutes the pivotal theoretical knot of his reading up. Trying to reconstruct the genealogy of Rocca's path, one can observe that the germ of his reflection on second aesthetics was already clearly present in the essay from 1997, Silence, in spite of the fact that the particular expression did not yet appear. In conclusion, this book by Rocca represents a fundamental chapter in the history of the Italian Kierkegaardian reception and, moreover, a key tool for contemporary research.
