Marx vs. Kierkegaard

At first glance it seems that Marx and Kierkegaard have nothing in common. But if you look more thoroughly, it is not hard to notice that being contemporaries they address a similar problem of the society they live in. That is to say, the problem of the alienation. The difference is in the way they see this problem and the solutions that they offer. There is a vast gap between the different realities of these …

…alienation and homelessness. But Kierkegaard's call is not for outward revolution, like Marx: "Workers of the world unite!", but for inward revolution, for so-called "Christians" to stop trying to "turn wine into water" and to pay attention to what really matters in life, that is to say, to strive and believe "passionately, unconditionally, absolutely without inner reservation or doubt". Because "in our time nobody in content to stop with faith but wants to go further."