Philosopher in the city: Kant and Königsberg
DOI: 10.23951/2312-7899-2025-2-72-104
The article is a continuation of a series of works on the mutual influence of man and city using the example of the intertwining of biographies of a philosopher and a city. This work shows how the city of Königsberg influenced the formation of the personality and biography of the philosopher Kant, and how the name of the philosopher Kant subsequently began to influence the biography of the city. The author believes that the key features of a city are how urban communities are formed in it, how the forms of sociability created and generated by the city influence the philosopher’s way of thinking and actions, and then how the philosopher himself shapes urban forms of life with his actions. The article shows that philosophy is a public urban action, carried out not in the private space of an office, but in public places, which was clearly shown by Kant himself, who actually became the forerunner of the urban flaneur and the organizer of urban club forms of sociability.
Keywords: city, image of city, genius loci, form of urban space, Königsberg, Kaliningrad, Kant, philosophy, biography, club
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Issue: 2, 2025
Series of issue: Issue 2
Rubric: ARTICLES
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