ABSTRACT
Marxism, existentialism, Husserl's and Heidegger's phenomenology, analytic philosophy, and the classical tradition were the dominant tendencies in the academic and philosophical world in Mexico during the beginning of the twentieth century. Compared to the European reception Kierkegaard's arrival in Mexico was delayed by twenty years. The first work in Spanish about Kierkegaard that arrived to Mexico was Harald Hoffding's, Søren Kierkegaard, published in Madrid in 1930. Kierkegaard's thought in the intense debate surrounding existentialism were also numerous during this period. Caso calls Kierkegaard the great Christian mystic who does not reject life but restores man and what is human. The Sociedad Iberoamericana de Estudios Kierkegaardianos was legally constituted in Mexico City in 1992. The main purpose of this society has been to promote the study and dissemination of Søren Kierkegaard's works in the Spanish-speaking countries through academic and cultural activities.
