Abstract
The superman and the state in Julius Binder and Kurt Hildebrandt. The article discusses two writings by the jurist Julius Binder and the psychiatrist and philosopher Kurt Hildebrandt on the theory of the state from 1925 and 1927 respectively. Both interprete the state as an organism: Binder regards it as an internal legally organized entity, Hildebrandt understands it as a biologistic entity. Binder focuses on a stable state, Hildebrandt relies on a permanent renewal of the existing state. The philosophical basis of Binder is Hegel, the basis of Hildebrandt is Platonic idealism, Stefan George, and a social-biological standpoint. Nietzsche’s figure of the superman inspired both theories, although they are incompatible with Nietzsche’s own understanding of the state.
