Disziplinierung, Zivilisierung, Moralisierung Selbstkultivierung nach Kant

According to Kant man is an 'animal rationabile', an animal which has the potential of becoming rational. Man may therefore turn into his own 'education-project'. In his pedagogy Kant states that 'man becomes man only through education' and furthermore distinguishes between three stages within a process he calls self-cultivation: the disciplinizing, the civilizing and the moralizing stage. The process of self-cultivation is concieved as transformation of human beings into 'rational beings' and aims at overcoming the animality within man. Through a new interpretation of his three critiques this paper questions Kants perspective and tries to open up the possibility of an alternative conception of self-cultivation.