Philosophers and Poets, from their perch on the cutting edge of reason, have always seen the advantage of anxiety. It is the “dizziness of reason,” argued Soren Kierkegaard; “the handmaiden of creativity,” said T.S. Eliot; “the beginning of conscience,” observed novelist Angela Carter. So have actors backstage, summoning eternal energies and edges for the roles they play, and sprinters on the b...

Abstract Søren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling has traditionally attracted interest from scholars of political theory for its apparent hostility to philosophy, more recently compatibility with Marxism. This paper argues a reconsideration potential contributions by suggesting that the work's shortcomings belong pseudonymous author, Johannes de Silentio, are in fact intended Kierkegaard. Attenti...