This work uses the writings of Kierkegaard to offer a novel and challenging way of approaching the concepts of anxiety, repetition, freedom and contemporaneity. Pivotal to this project is a reinterpretation of Kierkegaard's notion of 'taking notice' and its elevation to the status of a central principle which opens up new interpretive dimensions.Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations 'Taking Notice': An Introduction PART I: ANXIETY AND INDIVIDUALITY The Topos of Anxiety Anxiety, Death and the Leap PART II: TIME, HISTORY AND THE FALL: ST. AUGUSTINE AND KANT St. Augustine on Fallen and Redeemed Time History, Fall, Freedom: Reflections on Kant PART III: FREEDOM AND ETERNITY: SCHELLING'S SAGA Schelling's Conception of Freedom and Identity Theo-cosmo-gony: Eternal Past and Human Freedom PART IV: KIERKEGAARD'S CREED OF FAITH: CONTEMPORANEITY AND REPETITION Repetition: A Transcendent Movement Towards Faith Double Contemporaneity, or the Paradox of Repetition Concluding Thoughts Postscript: 'Taking Notice'/On Tarkovsky's Sacrifice Notes Bibliography IndexVASILIKI TSAKIRI holds an MA in Philosophy and Social Theory from the University of Warwick, UK and a PhD from Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK. She currently teaches Philosophy at the University of Patras, Greece, and holds a Visiting Departmental Fellowship at the department of History, Goldsmiths College, University of London.