Alfred Baeumler e la "maschera" di Kant

Alfred Baeumler and the "Mask" of Kant. Well-­known as a pedagogue and prominent Nazi ideologue in the 1930s, Alfred Baeumler (1887-­1968) surprisingly had a background in humanistic studies within the context of the debates on the legacy of the neo-­Kantian Marburg School. His main contribution in this respect was a study of the historical genesis of Kant's Critique of Judgement, which aimed at an overall com-­ prehension of Kantian criticism in connection with 18th-­century esthetic and logical thought. The Author provides an analysis of Baeumler's historical insights in compari-­ son with the contemporary writings of Curtius, Natorp and Cassirer in order to under-­ line how his approach led to a deconstruction of Kantian rationalism in favor of a new idea of critical philosophy as unwarrantedly accepting the non-­rational and, ultimately, as a "mask" for advocating anti-­democratic thinking. [Publisher's text].