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Single Idea 22091

[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / b. Against communitarianism ]

Full Idea

Whereas Hegel argues that individuals find fulfilment through participation in their community, Kierkegaard prioritises the inwardness of each person, which is shared only with God.

Gist of Idea

Kierkegaard prioritises the inward individual, rather than community

Source

report of Søren Kierkegaard (Either/Or: a fragment of life [1843]) by Clare Carlisle - Kierkegaard: a guide for the perplexed 3

Book Ref

Carlisle,Clare: 'Kierkegaard: guide for the perplexed' [Continuum 2006], p.62

A Reaction

Sounds like the protestant religion opposing the catholic religion (although Hegel was a protestant). Individual v community is the great debate of the last two centuries in Europe.

The 13 ideas with the same theme [reasons against over-emphasis of community]:

22091 Kierkegaard prioritises the inward individual, rather than community [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]
22814 Our reliance on other people close to us does not imply any political obligations [Taylor,C]
23420 In a pluralist society we can't expect a community united around one conception of the good [Rawls]
23413 Feminism has shown that social roles are far from fixed (as communitarians tend to see them) [Kymlicka]
23419 Communitarianism struggles with excluded marginalised groups [Kymlicka]
23415 Participation aids the quest for the good life, but why should that be a state activity? [Kymlicka]
18657 Communitarian states only encourage fairly orthodox ideas of the good life [Kymlicka]
22807 If our values are given to us by society then we have no grounds to criticise them [Avineri/De-Shalit]
22265 I can't defend the view that the majority values of a community are thereby right [Sandel]
20557 Membership and inclusion in a community implies non-membership and exclusion [Swift]
20555 Liberals are concerned to protect individuals from too much community [Swift]
22842 For communitarians it seems that you must accept the culture you are born into [Charvet]
23536 Community is now a nostalgic memory, which no longer exists [Berardi]