Il «Kulturmensch» tra «Tragödie» e «Renaissance». Estetica e antropologia nella genesi della Kulturphilosophie

In current recovery of the German philosophy of cultures (Kulturphilosophie) you can determine a theoretical core – the relationship between subject and object – and a defining moment for its genesis – the discussion of Georg Simmel’s theses on the tragedy of culture carried out by Ernst Cassirer. The essay discusses the importance of Simmel position for the current self-awareness of Kulturphilosophie and the critics to him by Cassirer, analyzes the terms of the comparison between the two philosophers, together with their related anthropologies, and detects their similarities and differences emblematized by the two aesthetic and moral categories «Tragedy» (Simmel) and «Renaissance» (Cassirer).