Aesthetic Reason and Imaginative Freedom

<p><b>Shows the relevance of Schiller's thought for contemporary philosophy particularly aesthetics ethics and politics.</b></p><p>This book seeks to draw attention to Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) as a philosophical thinker in his own right. For too long his philosophical contribution has been neglected in favor of his much-deserved reputation as a political playwright. The essays in this collection make two arguments. First Schiller presents a robust philosophical program that can be favorably compared to those of his age including Rousseau Kant Schelling and Hegel and he proves to be their equal in his thinking on morality aesthetics and politics. Second Schiller can also guide us in our more contemporary philosophical concerns and approaches such as phenomenology hermeneutics aesthetics and politics. Here Schiller instructs us in our engagement with figures such as Walter Benjamin Michel Foucault Jacques Rancière Roberto Esposito and others.</p>