Catholic Faculty of Theology, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek
Abstract
Generalna je namjera ovoga izlaganja doprinijeti odgovoru na pitanje kako nam proučavanje Kierkegaarda može pomoći razumjeti društveni i politički život. Autor ilustrira Kierkegaardovu uporabljivost primjerom inovativne i rasvjetljujuće Bellingerove interpretacije nacizma i staljinizma, izložene u Kierkegaardovim pojmovima tjeskobe i stadija egzistencije. Bellinger interpretira Hitlera i nacizam kao ekstremni patološki primjer estetskoga stadija i tjeskobe pred dobrim, a staljinizam kao ekstremni patološki primjer etičkoga stadija i tjeskobe pred zlim. Na toj osnovi možemo govoriti i o Kierkegaardovu značaju za razumijevanje dubinske motivacije za političko nasilje i zločin.The general aim of this article is to contribute to answer the question how could studying Kierkegaard help us understand the social and political life. The author illustrates Kierkegaard’s usability on the example of Bellinger’s innovative and illuminative interpretation of Nazism and Stalinism presented in Kierkegaard’s terms of anxiety and stages of existence. Bellinger interprets Hitler and Nazism as an extreme pathological example of the aesthetic stage and anxiety before the good, and Stalinism as an extreme pathological example of the ethical stage and anxiety before the evil. On that basis we can also speak about Kierkegaard\u27s importance for understanding the deep motivation for political violence and crime
