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Revisiting the Czech Reception of Kierkegaard in Early 20th Century

Publikace na Fakulta humanitních studií |
2022

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This article revisits the existing accounts of the early Czech Kierkegaard reception. It argues that Kierkegaard has had a greater reception than previously assumed and that one must take into account the cultural and historical contexts.

Two major points are made: first, the earliest Kierkegaard reception was closely related to the Czech national political struggles and Kierkegaard was used as a political argument supporting the need for a Czech national reformed Church. Second, we provide evidence for a surprising politicized Catholic reception of Kierkegaard: Kierkegaard's critique of the Danish Lutheran Church was appropriated to attack Protestantism and support the Roman Catholic Church.