Schiller, Marcuse's Aesthetic Utopia Compared

Schiler and Marcuse are aestheticts with humanism, whose aesthetic ideas aimed at the liberation of human nature, laid emphasis upon the liberation function of art and aesthetics, and therefore constructed their ideal aesthetic Utopia. Thus the paper compares the aesthetic ideas of Schiler with that of Marcuse from the angle of aesthetic Utopia.Preface: The origin of aesthetic ideas of Schiler and Marcuse in history. On the one hand, it described the intension and characteristics of aesthetic Utopia in historical situation; On the other hand, it deal with the history background and theory origin from Schiler's and Marcuse's aesthetic Utopia's ideas. The paper is composed of those parts.The first part: Human nature: the construction of aesthetic utopia. The question of human nature Schiler talked about can be concluded as split nature. While Marcuse's human nature can be regarded as alien human.The second part: Aesthetics: the construction way of aesthetic Utopia. Schiler pointed out that aesthetics could solve the question of spilt human nature, while Marcuse pointed out that aesthetics could liberate the love desire.The third part: Art: the construction key of aesthetic Utopia. The aesthetic education of schiler mainly referred to art education, while the aesthetic revolution of Marcuse chiefly talk about the art revolution.The fourth part: Freedom: the construction purpose of aesthetic Utopia. Schiler's aesthetic utopia wanted to set up the aesthetic kingdom, while Marcuse intended to set up a uncontrollable society.Conclusive part: The modern significance of Schiler and Marcuse's aesthetic Utopia. The ideas of them will provide a good theoretical angle for man's self-saving in the modern life.