ABSTRACT
A rewritten version of Johansen's 1986 doctoral dissertation, Begrepet Gjentagelse hos Søren Kierkegaard was published in book format by Solum Forlag in 1988. Begrepet Gjentagelse hos Søren Kierkegaard is a thematic study of Kierkegaard's concept of repetition. Johansen's main thesis is that Kierkegaard's concept of repetition should be explained in terms of the relationship between the ideal and the real. Of course, Johansen does not hold that Kierkegaard's doctrine of repetition is nothing but an epistemological account of empirical knowledge. This feature is repeated at the religious stage. By elaborating the concept of repetition in terms of the different guises in which it appears in the various existential stages Johansen is able to develop a rich and nuanced understanding of the idea of repetition. Despite its merits, however, Begrepet Gjentagelse hos Søren Kierkegaard does suffer from an incomplete account of the relationship between Kierkegaard and Hegel.
