Büchner und Kierkegaard - eine Wahlverwandtschaft?

Büchner and Kierkegaard are commonly rather imprecisely associated as important precursors to the post-modern concept of the self. Though a concordance based on a more fundamental point of view can demonstrate an intrinsic affinity between both authors in their engagement against every kind of “aesthetisation” of reality; such a comparative reading produces an authentic and reciprocal clue for interpretation.