Fast vergessen: Die Nachwirkungen von Kierkegaards Kulturkritik im Krisendiskurs der dänischen Nachkriegszeit
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Hjördis Becker-Lindenthal
Abstract
The article examines the explicit and implicit role that Kierkegaard played in the cultural criticism developed in the literary circle of the Danish journal Heretica (1948 – 1954). The cultural criticism of Kierkegaard and eminent Danish post-war authors (Martin A. Hansen, Vilhem Grønbech, Bjørn Poulsen, Tage Skou-Hansen and Ole Wivel) is contextualized in the tradition of Western cultural criticism. An analysis of central concepts such as crisis, rationality, spirit and reflection as well as alienation, individuality and community, demonstrates the original contributions these authors make to the modern understanding of culture. Furthermore, the article addresses the reservations that some of the Heretica- authors had towards Kierkegaard. The accusation of solipsism, however, turns out to be unwarranted. Rather, it becomes clear that Kierkegaard’s emphasis on the individual, like the post-war authors’ critique of fascism, is directed against the power of the masses and the increasing bureaucratization of life. Finally, Kierkegaard as well as the 20th century authors depict neighbor love as decisive for a post-restitutive, forward-oriented way out of a severe cultural crisis.
Der nachfolgende Text ist in leicht veränderter Form als „Søren Kierkegaards kulturkritik i den danske efterkrigstids krisediskurs: filosofiske, teologiske og litterære motive,“ in Den stumme myte. Nedslag i efterkrigstidens kulturkritik, hg. von Anders Ehlers Dam, Aarhus 2020, S. 71 – 98, erschienen.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Titlepages
- Titlepages
- Preface
- Contents
- Section 1: Interpreting Kierkegaard’s Works
- Section 1: Interpreting Kierkegaard’s Works
- ‘No One Was As Great As Abraham’: Exemplarity and the Failure of Hermeneutical Refiguration in Fear and Trembling
- Kierkegaards Begriff Angst als „gottesfürchtige Satire“
- Seeing as the Eccentric Lover: An Exploration into Vision, Forgiveness, and Anamorphic Dynamic in Kierkegaard’s “Love Hides a Multitude of Sins”
- Section 2: Concepts and Problems in Kierkegaard
- Section 2: Concepts and Problems in Kierkegaard
- Kierkegaard and the Figure of the Philistine: a Negative Way of Highlighting Existence
- Is There a Suspension of Subjectivity?
- The Call to Selfhood: Kierkegaard, Narrative Unity, and the Achievement of Personal Identity
- Between Mood and Spirit: Kierkegaard’s Conception of Death as the Teacher of Earnestness
- “My Dear Reader—but to Whom Am I Speaking?” Kierkegaard Read with the Rhetorical Theory of Narrative
- “Forgiveness is forgiveness:” Kierkegaard’s Spiritual Acoustics
- Section 3: Kierkegaard’s Sources and Historical Context
- Section 3: Kierkegaard’s Sources and Historical Context
- The Kantian Sublime Reflected in the Kierkegaardian Sublime
- Der Begriff Ernst. Zur Kritik ironischer Selbstverhältnisse bei Hegel und Kierkegaard
- The Young Kierkegaard as a Student of Liunge’s Kjøbenhavnsposten
- Section 4: Receptions of Kierkegaard’s Thought
- Section 4: Receptions of Kierkegaard’s Thought
- Fast vergessen: Die Nachwirkungen von Kierkegaards Kulturkritik im Krisendiskurs der dänischen Nachkriegszeit
- The Hong Kong Reception of Kierkegaard: From the 1950s to the Present
- Kierkegaard: Existenzphilosoph nur im ‚Nebenberuf‘? Überlegungen im Anschluss an Jürgen Habermas
- Kierkegaard and Religionswissenschaft: A Source- and Reception-Historical Survey (Part 2)
- Articles
- Abbreviations
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Titlepages
- Titlepages
- Preface
- Contents
- Section 1: Interpreting Kierkegaard’s Works
- Section 1: Interpreting Kierkegaard’s Works
- ‘No One Was As Great As Abraham’: Exemplarity and the Failure of Hermeneutical Refiguration in Fear and Trembling
- Kierkegaards Begriff Angst als „gottesfürchtige Satire“
- Seeing as the Eccentric Lover: An Exploration into Vision, Forgiveness, and Anamorphic Dynamic in Kierkegaard’s “Love Hides a Multitude of Sins”
- Section 2: Concepts and Problems in Kierkegaard
- Section 2: Concepts and Problems in Kierkegaard
- Kierkegaard and the Figure of the Philistine: a Negative Way of Highlighting Existence
- Is There a Suspension of Subjectivity?
- The Call to Selfhood: Kierkegaard, Narrative Unity, and the Achievement of Personal Identity
- Between Mood and Spirit: Kierkegaard’s Conception of Death as the Teacher of Earnestness
- “My Dear Reader—but to Whom Am I Speaking?” Kierkegaard Read with the Rhetorical Theory of Narrative
- “Forgiveness is forgiveness:” Kierkegaard’s Spiritual Acoustics
- Section 3: Kierkegaard’s Sources and Historical Context
- Section 3: Kierkegaard’s Sources and Historical Context
- The Kantian Sublime Reflected in the Kierkegaardian Sublime
- Der Begriff Ernst. Zur Kritik ironischer Selbstverhältnisse bei Hegel und Kierkegaard
- The Young Kierkegaard as a Student of Liunge’s Kjøbenhavnsposten
- Section 4: Receptions of Kierkegaard’s Thought
- Section 4: Receptions of Kierkegaard’s Thought
- Fast vergessen: Die Nachwirkungen von Kierkegaards Kulturkritik im Krisendiskurs der dänischen Nachkriegszeit
- The Hong Kong Reception of Kierkegaard: From the 1950s to the Present
- Kierkegaard: Existenzphilosoph nur im ‚Nebenberuf‘? Überlegungen im Anschluss an Jürgen Habermas
- Kierkegaard and Religionswissenschaft: A Source- and Reception-Historical Survey (Part 2)
- Articles
- Abbreviations
