Kierkegaard inflamed republican base (5)

I believe the answer is:

soren

'kierkegaard' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'inflamed republican base' is the wordplay.
'inflamed' becomes 'sore' (I've seen this in another clue).
'base' says to take the final letters (the base of the word).
The last letter of 'republican' is 'n'.
'sore'+'n'='SOREN'

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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