ABSTRACT
Julia Watkin has summarized and reduced vast primary and secondary material in Soren Kierkegaard studies into a handy resource that includes maps, life chronology, an ample dictionary, an extensive bibliography, a pseudonym index/biography, and an historical appendix. Creating as a reference work a Kierkegaardian lexicon is bound to generate cries of infidelity to Soren Kierkegaard's project. As Kierkegaard himself would agree, no one should be imperious enough to hide truth another may find meaningful. The fiat dictionary is helpful for deciphering, rather than defining, Kierkegaard's thought in all of its incarnations, where Kierkegaard is, indeed, having fun. Dean W. Lauer. The philosophy entries are written excellently—accessible for beginners and interesting for professors. For example, the biographical material on wellknown philosophers, such as Hegel or Schelling, is as elementary as it for more obscure ones like Magnus Eiríksson, while providing coherent précises of their theories and influence.
