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In his Concept of Irony, Kierkegaard condemns the Romantics' use of irony as tearing down everything with it - maybe that's what happens with this critiquing of everything these days.
In his conclusion, however, he advocated the use of controlled irony, meaning the deliberate use of it to criticize certain aspects of a society, which ideally leads to some sort of change in the individual or broadly.
Kinda like Socratic irony had some world-historic validity, since it showed Athenians that their perceived understanding wasn't all they thought it to be and that it might be time to consider some things more deeply.
It paved the way, imo, for much of what happened after and, as such, opened the door to new experiences more than closing it :)
In the end, I think it is probably a question of dosage and how one balances opinions with an actual understanding of the theme at hand. 0 reply
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