Jon Stewart''S Groundbreaking Study Is A Major Re-Evaluation Of The Complex Relationship Between The Philosophies Of Kierkegaard And Hegel. Although The Standard View On The Subject Is That Kierkegaard Defined Himself As Explicitly Anti-Hegelian (And Viewed Hegel''S Philosophy With Disdain) Jon Stewart Demonstrates That Kierkegaard''S Criticism Was Not Directed Specifically To Hegel But Actually To Some Contemporary Danish Hegelians.