A time to be silent and a time to speak: S. Kierkegaard?s ?The Point of View for My Work as an Author?

The article is devoted to the work of the Danish thinker Soren Kierkegaard "The PointofView for My Work as an Author" which is the most complete statement on the topicofhis use of pseudonyms. The purpose of the article is to reveal the meaning of"ThePoint of View" for the study of the thinker's creativity, to identify and discusswork-related problems. The first part of the article is devoted to the history of the cre-ation and publication of "The Point of View". The interpretations of pseudonymityin"The Point of View" and "Concluding Unscientific Postscript" are compared, the dif-ference between the goals and circumstances of the creation of works is considered.The reasons why Kierkegaard postponed the publication of "The Point of View"andnever published it are analyzed. In the second part of the article the content of"ThePoint of View" is considered. Kierkegaard's interpretation of authorship and re-lated problems are analyzed. Kierkegaard connects his interpretation with the moderncrisis of Christianity and shows that in these conditions a direct message about Chris-tianity is impossible. A religious author who carries out indirect communication ap-pears as a new religious type. The formation of these views of the thinker and their sig-nificance in the context of his epoch are discussed. The author of the article shows thatthe last part of "The Point of View" is in contradiction with its first part. Next, the criti-cism of "The Point of View" is considered. The author concludes that the skeptical atti-tude towards the content of the work is fair, but it is more aimed at destroying ideasabout the possible integrity of Kierkegaard's work and is influenced by Derrida's doc-trine of deconstruction. The contradiction between the parts of "The Point of View"may be a consequence of Kierkegaard's religious views and his communicative strat-egy. Arguments are made in favor of a positive attitude to the work and problems areformulated, work on which will help clarify the topic of pseudonymity. The author con-cludes that "The Point of View" is an important source through which we can tracethechange in Kierkegaard's attitude to his work