Aesthetics Should Return to the Living World  

作　　者：Xiao Lang 

机构地区：[1]Department of Philosophy Southwest University of Political Science and Law

出　　处：《学术界》2014年第1期259-264,共6页Academics

摘　　要：As far as the subject of aesthetics is concerned,it shall give attention to sensibility; however,it has been controlled by rationality.As time goes by,aesthetics shall return to the living world.Aesthetics shall not only stay on the level of theory,but also reflect life itself.The capitalist society developing with the Enlightenment Movement needs the power of reasoning to oppose the shackles of the old religious theology and create a better world on the one hand; on the other hand,it needs the power of sensibility of human beings,without which there would be no consuming desire,and production could not develop.Under such a circumstance,enlightenment thinkers must re-coordinate reasoning and sensibility in order to set up the new order for the coming capitalist society.Aesthetics is the result of re-coordination,which came into being in the Enlightenment Movement and was born with some contradictoriness.Aesthetics should return to the living world.Although there are some misunderstanding and misuse of aesthetic theories and aesthetics is even over-generalized,living in such a complicated age—on the one hand,the ancient picturesque and poem-like life is gone; on the other hand,the life based on the aesthetic standard is still far away—we still need a proper life goal—realizing the sufficient and comprehensive development of human beings.As far as the subject of aesthetics is concerned,it shall give attention to sensibil- ity;however, it has been controlled by rationality. As time goes by, aesthetics shall return to the living world. Aesthetics shall not only stay on the level of theory, but also reflect life itself. The capitalist society developing with the Enlightenment Movement needs the power of reasoning to oppose the shackles of the old religious theology and create a better world on the one hand;on the other hand, it needs the power of sensibility of human beings, without which there would be no consuming desire, and production could not develop. Under such a circum- stance, enlightenment thinkers must re - coordinate reasoning and sensibility in order to set up the new order for the coming capitalist society. Aesthetics is the result of re - coordination, which came into being in the Enlightenment Movement and was born with some contradicto- riness. Aesthetics should return to the living world. Although there are some misunderstanding and misuse of aesthetic theories and aesthetics is even over - generalized,living in such a com- plicated age -- on the one hand, the ancient picturesque and poem -like life is gone ; on the other hand, the life based on the aesthetic standard is still far away -- we still need a proper life goal -- realizing the sufficient and comprehensive development of human beings.

关 键 词：生活世界 美学理论 启蒙运动 资本主义 审美标准 敏感性 推理 社会 

分 类 号：B83-0[哲学宗教—美学]