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Kierkegaard’s Contribution to Buber’s Philosophy of Judaism and His Theories of Patriotism and Political Groups

(Original title: Kierkegaardov príspevok k Buberovej filozofii židovstva, teórii vlastenectva a teórii politických skupín)
Filozofia, 68 (2013), 1, 5-16.
Type of work: Papers
Publication language: Slovak
Abstract

Kierkegaard’s influence on social-political thought is a lively topic in current scholarly debates on Kierkegaard’s philosophy. Buber’s social-political reception of Kierkegaard is relatively well-known but the research has so far focused almost exclusively on Buber’s dialogical oeuvre (i.e. works written after 1916). The paper broadens the scope of research by elucidating Buber’s pre-dialogical reception of Kierkegaard’s ideas and conceptual emphases. It examines the ways in which Kierkegaard provided inspiration for Buber’s philosophy of Judaism, theory of patriotism and theory of political groups.

Keywords

Existentialism, Philosophy of Judaism, Philosophy of religion, Social and political philosophy, Theory of patriotism, Theory of political groups

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