A History of Hegelianism in Golden Age Denmark, Tome III

Jon Stewart is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. He has worked for many years in the field of nineteenth-century Continental philosophy with a specialization in Hegel and Kierkegaard.

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations

Introduction: The Left-Hegelian Period of the Danish Hegel Reception
 I The Shift to the New Period
 II Theses of the Present Tome

1 The Straussian Threat: 1842
 I Brøchner’s Translation of Strauss and Its Review
 II Adler’s Review of Nielsen’s Speculative Logic
 III The Danish Translation of Werder’s Logic
 IV Stilling’s Philosophical Observations
 V Schiern’s “On the Development and Present Standpoint of History Writing”
 VI Martensen’s “The Present Religious Crisis”
 VII Mynster’s Resumption of the Debate about Mediation
 VIII Hagen’s “How Is Intelligence Displayed?”
 IX Hagen’s Review of Stilling’s Philosophical Considerations
 X The Parody, Johan Ludvig Heiberg after Death
 XI Beck’s Review of Kierkegaard’s The Concept of Irony
 XII Beck’s The Concept of Myth
 XIII Kierkegaard’s “Public Confession”
 XIV Adler’s Hegelian Logic
  A Adler’s Introduction
  B Adler’s Account of Being
  C Adler’s Account of Essence
 XV Heiberg’s “The People and the Public” and Thomsen’s Response
 XVI Scharling’s “The Struggle against Christianity in the Most Recent Time”
 XVII Nielsen’s “King and Constitution”
 XVIII The Criticism of Nielsen in “The Philosophical Politician”
 XIX Heiberg’s “The Starry Sky”
 XX Another Criticism of Martensen
 XXI Heiberg’s “Review of Dina”
 XXII Bornemann’s “Lectures on the History of the More Recent Philosophy of Right”
 XXIII Parts Three and Four of Nielsen’s Speculative Logic

2 The Beginning of Kierkegaard’s Pseudonymous Authorship: 1843
 I Stilling’s Review of Martensen’s Outline to a System of Moral Philosophy
 II Beck’s Review of Nielsen’s Treatise on the Speculative Method’s Treatment of Sacred History
 III The Review of Møller’s Posthumous Writings
 IV Ludvig Helweg’s Article “On Faith and Knowledge”
 V Hagen’s Critical Response to Helweg
 VI Helweg’s Rejoinder to Hagen’s Criticisms
 VII Kierkegaard’s Either/Or
 A Hegelian Mediation
 B The Inner and the Outer
 C The Use of Hegel’s Criteria for Art
 D The Use of Hegel’s View of Antigone
 E The Use of Hegel’s Unhappy Consciousness
 VIII Heiberg’s “Literary Winter Crops” and Kierkegaard’s Response
 IX The Discussion in Fædrelandet and Dagen about the Prussian Censorship of Marheineke
 X Heiberg’s “Lyric Poetry”
 XI Heiberg’s “A Contribution to a Philosophy of the Visible”
 XII Hagen’s Review of Either/Or
 XIII Brøchner’s Some Remarks on Baptism
 XIV P.L. Møller’s Arena: A Polemical-Aesthetic Journal
 XV Friedrich Helweg’s Review of Adler’s Logic
 XVI Adler’s Anti-Hegelian Revelation
 XVII Heiberg’s “On the Principle of the Beginning of History”
 XVIII Kierkegaard’s Johannes Climacus, or De omnibus dubitandum est
 XIX Kierkegaard’s Repetition
 XX Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling
 XXI Thomsen’s On Modern French Poetry
 XXII Sibbern’s On the Concept, Nature and Essence of Philosophy
 XXIII Nielsen’s Lecture Paragraphs on the Philosophy of Church History
 XXIV Winther’s Article on the Doctrine of Justification in the New Testament
 XXV Beck’s Article on Hegel’s Concept of the Church

3 The Conflict Surrounding Stilling’s Criticism of the Left Hegelians: 1844
 I Mynster’s “Church Polemic”
 II Clausen’s Development of the Main Christian Doctrines
 III Heiberg’s “The Astronomical Year”
 IV Friedrich Helweg’s “The Sign of Jonah and the Brazen Serpent”
 V Hagen’s Review of Fear and Trembling
 VI The Article “The German Press in Paris”
 VII Eiríksson’s On the Baptists and Child Baptism
 VIII Stilling’s Modern Atheism or the so-called Neo-Hegelianism’s Consequences of Hegelian Philosophy
  A “Modern Science” in Relation to Hegel’s Philosophy
  B “The Criticism of the Left Hegelians
  C “The Dissolution of Atheism in the Future
 IX The Critical Responses to Stilling’s Modern Atheism
  A “The Beginning of the Debate: Gammeltoft’s On Academic Affairs
  B “Christens’ “Another Word about the Master’s Defense”
  C “Schiødte’s “Mr. Christens’ Word about the Master’s Defense”
  D “Hagen’s Defense of Stilling
  E “Christens’ Responses to Schiødte and Hagen
  F “Frederik Wilhelm Andersen’s Review of Stilling’s Modern Atheism
 X Kierkegaard’s Philosophical Fragments
  A “The Absolute Paradox as a Response to Meditation
  B “Christianity and History
 XI Kierkegaard’s The Concept of Anxiety
  A “The Confusion of Logic and Actuality
  B “Movement in Logic and the Leap
 XII Kierkegaard’s Prefaces
  A “Preface VII: A Satirical Account of Mediation
  B “Preface VIII: A Demand for an Explanation of Hegel’s Philosophy

4 The Debates about Feuerbach: 1845
 I Stilling’s Stay in Berlin
 II Christens’ “A Parallel between Two of the Recent Age’s Philosophers”
 III Nielsen’s Propaedeutic Logic
 IV Weis’ On the State and Its Individual: Introduction to Jurisprudence
 V Thomsen’s On Lord Byron
 VI Kierkegaard’s Stages on Life’s Way
 VII Beck’s Review of Kierkegaard’s Philosophical Fragments
 VIII Hagen’s Marriage Regarded from an Ethical-Historical Point of View
 IX Brøchner’s On the Condition of the Jewish People in the Persian Period
 X The Satirical Article, “The Psychological Condition of the Potatoes during the Sick Period”

5 The Culmination of Kierkegaard’s Campaign against the Hegelians: 1846
 I Kierkegaard’s Concluding Unscientific Postscript
  A “Subjective Faith and Speculative Philosophy
  B “Christianity as a Form of Knowing
  C “The System and Existence
  D “Speculative Philosophy’s Presuppositionless Beginning
  E “The Unity of Being and Thought
  F “The Sublation of the Law of Excluded Middle
  G “The Lack of Ethics in Hegel’s System
 II Kierkegaard’s A Literary Review and Hegelian Mediation
 III Brøchner’s Stay in Berlin
 IV Sibbern’s Speculative Cosmology
 V Zeuthen’s Humanity Regarded from the Christian Standpoint
 VI Kierkegaard’s The Book on Adler
  A “Adler’s Hegelianism and Christianity
  B “Adler’s Dramatic Break with Hegelianism
  C “Adler and the Lack of Ethics in Hegel
 VII Eiríksson’s Faith, Superstition and Unbelief
 VIII The Critical Review of Eiríksson’s Faith, Superstition, and Unbelief
 IX Eiríksson’s Dr. Martensen’s Published Moral Paragraphs

6 The Rejection of Beck’s Application for the Priesthood: 1847–48
 I Beck’s Conflict with the Danish State Church
 II Hegel in Kierkegaard’s NB Journals
 III Varberg’s Assessment of the State of Philosophy in Denmark
 IV Steenstrup’s The Study of Theology

7 The Beginning of the Debate about Faith and Knowledge: 1849
 I Mynster’s On Memory
 II Nielsen’s Gospel Faith and the Modern Consciousness
 III Martensen’s Christian Dogmatics
 IV Kierkegaard’s The Sickness unto Death
 A “Anti-Climacus’ Dialectical Methodology
 B “The Attempt of Speculative Dogmatics to Comprehend Sin and Socratic Ignorance
 C “The Individual and the Race
 V Nielsen’s Comparison of Johannes Climacus with Martensen
 VI Magnús Eiríksson’s Speculative Orthodoxy
 VII Bornemann’s On the Significance of Protestant Theology
 VIII P.C. Kierkegaard’s Speech at the Clerical Conference of Roskilde
 IX Stilling’s On the Imagined Reconciliation of Faith and Knowledge
8 The Continuation of the Debate about Faith and Knowledge: 1850
 I Paludan-Müller’s Work on Martensen’s Christian Dogmatics
 II Scharling’s Review of Martensen’s Christian Dogmatics
 III Ludvig Helweg’s “Prof. Martensen’s Dogmatics and Its  Critics”
 IV Eiríksson’s Is Faith a Paradox?
 V Nielsen’s The Faith of the Gospels and Theology
 VI Nielsen’s and Stilling’s Responses to Scharling’s Review
 VII Martensen’s Dogmatic Elucidations
 VIII Kierkegaard’s Practice in Christianity
 IX The Debate between Dampe and Varberg on Religion
 X Nielsen’s Renewed Criticism of Martensen’s Dogmatic Elucidations

9 Hegel at the End of the Golden Age: 1851–55
 I Varberg’s Conflict between Ørsted and Mynster
 II Hagen’s “Studies in the History of Religion”
 III Bojesen’s Translation of Aristotle’s Politics
 IV Stilling’s Account of Research in Religion and Science
 V Steenstrup’s Philosophy of History
 VI Sibbern’s Book Review and the Question of Actuality in Hegel
 VII Friedrich Helweg’s Comparison of Adler and Kierkegaard
 VIII Friedrich Helweg’s Article on Danish Hegelianism
 IX The End of the Golden Age

Bibliography
 I Secondary Sources on the Danish Hegel Reception
 II Primary Texts and Sources Used
III Secondary Literature and Material Used
Index

This work will be of relevance to students and scholars interested in Continental philosophy, Hegel Studies, Kierkegaard Studies, Scandinavian Studies, Danish History, and Religion in the 19th century. It is suitable for classroom use in courses on philosophy in the nineteenth century.