This second category includes articles treating the countless aspects of the reception of Kierkegaard’s thought and writings.

The volumes in this section are organized according to specific traditions of reception. These traditions have been conceived along both national and disciplinary lines. The articles treat specific thinkers, authors and artists who have been inspired by or have made use of Kierkegaard in some substantial way.

An elaborate attempt has been made to identify specific philosophers, theologians, social scientists, political theorists and literary figures who have been influenced by Kierkegaard or who have made some use of his thought or writings.

The authors have been asked to present the featured figure, explore that figure’s knowledge of Kierkegaard’s writings, and then catalogue the various places in that figure’s corpus where Kierkegaard appears. Finally, an attempt is made to give a general characterization of the importance and influence of Kierkegaard for the figure in question. The hope is that these articles will constitute the natural point of departure for any future investigation into the issue in question.

This part of the series is conceived, on the one hand, as a kind of reference work, which attempts to set forth factual information about specific places in the given figure’s works where Kierkegaard is quoted or alluded to. It is, on the other hand, also a critical work, which features thesis-oriented and interpretive essays about the reception of Kierkegaard in the different disciplines and countries.