Beyond reception: understanding Theodor Haecker's Kierkegaardian authorship in the Third Reich

Theodor Haecker's translation and reception of Kierkegaard exerted a strong influence on interwar German readings of Kierkegaard. Recent scholarship has drawn renewed attention to Haecker's World War I Kierkegaardian polemics and the dampening of his enthusiasm for Kierkegaard after his co...

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Main Author: Tomko, Helena M. 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2019]
In: International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 80, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 307-325
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855 / Reception / Haecker, Theodor 1879-1945 / Inner emigration / Subjectivity / Truth
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBE Anthropology
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Søren Kierkegaard
B Theodor Haecker
B inner emigration
B Theological Anthropology
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Summary:Theodor Haecker's translation and reception of Kierkegaard exerted a strong influence on interwar German readings of Kierkegaard. Recent scholarship has drawn renewed attention to Haecker's World War I Kierkegaardian polemics and the dampening of his enthusiasm for Kierkegaard after his conversion to Catholicism in 1921. This article offers a twofold refinement of current accounts of Haecker's Kierkegaard reception. First, it shows that Haecker's attempt to describe a Catholic theological anthropology after 1931 was less a turn away from Kierkegaard and more a turning of Kierkegaard toward the Catholic intellectual tradition. Second, the article shows how this anthropological project collided with the ideology and censorship of the Third Reich, where Haecker became a key voice in the Catholic ‘inner emigration.' Revisionist methodologies in German studies have modelled how to retrieve the resonance of inner-emigration texts - literary, philosophical, theological, etc. - that were written against the grain of dictatorship. As inner emigrant, Haecker draws instinctively on Kierkegaard's authorship, life, and thought as a paradigm for his own regime-critical writing and existence. With the claim that Haecker's inner-emigration writings depend on his ongoing encounter with Kierkegaard, this article offers new access to Haecker's late thought for philosophers, theologians, and literary scholars alike.
ISSN:2169-2335
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2018.1451357