The aim of this paperis to present some thoughton Heinrichvon Kleist’s “Marionettentheatre-Essay”, a very strange dialogue in which the German author presents some reflection on Grace and destiny of mankind. After a brief introduction, I will discuss Kleist’s philosophical background, by mentioninginfluences by Rousseau and Kant, in order to show whyhe loosed hope and faith and why, at a certain point, he changed his mind in favor of nihilism. The dilemmatic situation presented in his “Marionettentheatre-Essay”is the result of such evolution of thought, in which manis depictedwith his desire to searchfor Heavenbut damned to live his life by knowing that it is impossible to gain Grace again. We live in a place between earth and sky, pure material world and God and even technique cannot save us
Su “Il teatro delle marionette” di Heinrich von Kleist. Ovvero: dell’impossibilità di salvezza dell’uomo da parte della tecnica / Puppo, Federico. - In: TEORIA E CRITICA DELLA REGOLAZIONE SOCIALE. - ISSN 1970-5476. - 2021:1(2021).
Su “Il teatro delle marionette” di Heinrich von Kleist. Ovvero: dell’impossibilità di salvezza dell’uomo da parte della tecnica.
Puppo, Federico
2021-01-01
Abstract
The aim of this paperis to present some thoughton Heinrichvon Kleist’s “Marionettentheatre-Essay”, a very strange dialogue in which the German author presents some reflection on Grace and destiny of mankind. After a brief introduction, I will discuss Kleist’s philosophical background, by mentioninginfluences by Rousseau and Kant, in order to show whyhe loosed hope and faith and why, at a certain point, he changed his mind in favor of nihilism. The dilemmatic situation presented in his “Marionettentheatre-Essay”is the result of such evolution of thought, in which manis depictedwith his desire to searchfor Heavenbut damned to live his life by knowing that it is impossible to gain Grace again. We live in a place between earth and sky, pure material world and God and even technique cannot save usI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione