FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF HOMO AESTHETICUS. «THE LAST DAYS OF IMMANUEL KANT» BY F. COLLIN

Abstract

The emergence of homo aestheticus in European culture is analyzed in connection with «aesthetic turn», produced by Kant. The extent to which Kant is the forerunner and the founder of a new romantic aesthetic tradition of thought is shown on the example of F.Collin’s film «The Last Days of Immanuel Kant». Evolution of the subject as a creator is investigated in relation to the evolution of the European musical tradition.