play drive (Spieltrieb)

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The play drive (Spieltrieb) is Friedrich Schiller’s aesthetic concept of a human impulse that harmonizes our rational and sensory natures through free, creative play, enabling genuine freedom and the appreciation of beauty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aesthetic concept ⓘ
anthropological concept ⓘ
concept in aesthetics ⓘ
philosophical concept ⓘ
aimsTo harmonize rational and sensory natures ⓘ
mediate between reason and sense ⓘ
associatedWithMovement German Idealism ⓘ
linked to: German idealism

Weimar Classicism ⓘ
belongsToTradition Enlightenment aesthetics ⓘ
classical German philosophy ⓘ
centralTo Schiller’s theory of aesthetic education ⓘ
characterizedAs free from external purposes ⓘ
non-instrumental activity ⓘ
concerns formation of character through aesthetic experience ⓘ
relation between beauty and freedom ⓘ
creator Friedrich Schiller ⓘ
developedIn Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man ⓘ
enables aesthetic experience ⓘ
appreciation of beauty ⓘ
genuine human freedom ⓘ
goal formation of moral and political freedom through aesthetics ⓘ
realization of the fully human being ⓘ
hasDomain aesthetics ⓘ
philosophical anthropology ⓘ
philosophy of art ⓘ
hasFunction reconcile necessity and freedom in the subject ⓘ
unify rational law and sensuous inclination ⓘ
hasGermanName Spieltrieb ⓘ
hasKeyTextualSource Letter 14 of On the Aesthetic Education of Man ⓘ
influenced Romantic aesthetics ⓘ
later theories of aesthetic autonomy ⓘ
influencedBy Immanuel Kant’s aesthetics ⓘ
interpretedAs synthesis of sensibility and reason ⓘ
languageOfOrigin German ⓘ
mediatesBetween form drive (Formtrieb) ⓘ
sense drive (Stofftrieb) ⓘ
operatesThrough creative play ⓘ
free play ⓘ
partOfWork On the Aesthetic Education of Man ⓘ
presupposes capacity for imagination ⓘ
capacity for self-determination ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
relatedConcept form drive (Formtrieb) ⓘ
sense drive (Stofftrieb) ⓘ
usedInDebatesOn autonomy of art ⓘ
play theory in culture and education ⓘ

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Friedrich Schiller → notableIdea → play drive (Spieltrieb) ⓘ