Conclusion

Abstract

Politics in Kierkegaard is more a matter of subjective capacity and recognising social tensions than the working out of a system of political thought. This still leaves a political vision of subjective engagement, in which we struggle to deal with the conflicts that emerge in our social existence. Politics is worthwhile if focused on the Single Individual and the extent of the challenges that individual has. There is a view of politics as passion and as engagement in which politics itself is a limitation on individuality, but in which the individual can incorporate political judgement and action.