ABSTRACT
The present article focuses on the reception of Kierkegaard’s intellectuel heritage in Slovakia with special attention to the broader context of Slovak history. Until 1918 Slovakia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and from 1918 to 1939 and 1945 to 1992 it was part of Czechoslovakia. It is also important to note that in the years 1948-89 Czechoslovakia was formally part of the Eastern Bloc which had a significant effect on the freedom of thought and practice regarding religion and philosophy. These domains were strongly regulated by the state. It is obvious that the philosophical monoculture of Communist Czechoslovakia did not favor public discourse about Christian thinkers such as Kierkegaard, and it naturally followed that there was little interest or incentive to translate or research his works.
