Abstract

This study represents a broad and critical overview of mainstream political interpretations of Kierkegaard's authorship throughout the twentieth century and beyond. While divided according to the classical distinction between left‐ and right‐wing politics, the analysis also includes Kierkegaard's reception in African‐American and feminist circles. Essentially, the chapter documents the contradictory and arbitrary manner in which Kierkegaard has been interpreted from a political standpoint, but it also sheds light on the original side of this hermeneutic.