Kant’s philosophy and foundations of the process of aesthetization in contemporary culture

Abstract

The article discusses the possibility of detecting the grounds of the aesthetization process in modern culture in the structure of the Kantian philosophy. The connection of Kant's aesthetics with science and morality is traced, and also Kant’s influence on the romantic philosophy of art is revealed. The loss of its classical boundaries by modern aesthetics is shown as originated in the Kantian philosophy, though it was this very philosophy in which these boundaries were once defined.

Keywords

• aesthetics
• aesthetization process
• reflective judgment
• subjectivity