Kierkegaard is often viewed in the history of ideas solely within the academic traditions of philosophy and theology. The secondary literature generally ignores the fact that he also took an active role in the public debate about the significance ...

George Pattison provides a bold and innovative reassessment of Kierkegaard's neglected "Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses" and reading of his work as a whole. The first full length assessment of the discourses in English, this volume will be essentia...