Kierkegaard on Politics

Barry Stocker teaches philosophy at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, and is an Honorary Research Associate at the Department of Philosophy, University College London, UK. He is the author of Derrida on Deconstruction (2006), and is currently working on a book about liberty in Foucault.

• 1. Introduction 2. Tarquinius and Brutus: Political Fear and Trembling 3. Previous Perspectives on Kierkegaard and Politics 4. Kierkegaard and the Danish Political Community 5. Communities of Liberty 6. Ethical and Legal Community 7. Tragic Community 8. Political Irony 9. Conclusion Index

“The most admirable about Kierkegaard on Politics is the attempt from Stocker to try and argue for something original in contrast to existing works. … Kierkegaard’s religious writings concerning the Absolute are used in an interesting way concerning politics. The book contains many interesting passages, and each essay is neatly demarcated from the other, and original and uniquely personal in its own way.” (Roel Wolters, History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis, Vol. 27, 2024)