Philosophy

Philosophy

State as a Work of Art (Schiller's Aesthetic Point of View in Relation to Romanticism)

Document Type : Scientific-research

Authors
sayed Hamid Talebzadeh 1
hasan mehrnia 2
Fatemeh Delavari Parizi 3
1 Professor, Department of Philosophy, Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Farabi, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
3 Ph.D. Candidate in Philosophy, College of Farabi, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
10.22059/jop.2025.382541.1006854
Abstract
The discussion about the state has been a serious and challenging topic throughout human life, especially in the modern era. Therefore, at a time when this discussion has had many ups and downs in Europe, Schiller, under the influence of Kant, proposed the theory of "aesthetic state" and among competing theories and in opposition to what modernity has prepared for man and the new world, presenting a different point of view suits the taste of the times. In this article, an attempt has been made to systematically explain the place of this debate in Kant's thought, and after presenting the basics of his aesthetic theory, Schiller's point of view on the aesthetic state and its similarities and differences with Kant's thought have been evaluated. For this purpose, both Schiller's philosophical works have been referred to and his dramatic works have been discussed. In the continuation of the article, the influence of this idea on the thinkers of the Romantic era and the formation of the idea of ​​the poetic state and the organic state and its development process have been discussed. Finally, while comparing the difference between the views of Kant and Hegel in the discussion of culture and the influence of this view in the definition of the state, the difference between the state as a work of art, as proposed by Schiller, and Hegel's organic state and how they influence the field of culture, society and politics Assessment has been made.
 
Keywords
aesthetic and poetic state
aesthetics
romanticism
organic state
Kant and Schiller
Subjects
 
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  • Receive Date 18 September 2024
  • Revise Date 16 March 2025
  • Accept Date 16 March 2025