Study On Edward Soja’s Space Aesthetics

Edward Suja is a famous postmodern geographer in the United States.He follows the trend of "space turn" and takes Los Angeles as an example to examine contemporary space issues.He intends to publicize "space" and "spatiality" and open up new horizons and new paths for space theory and space practice.In the context of "space turn",this paper studies Sujia’s space aesthetics,sorts out and introduces the historical and cultural background and theoretical source of Sujia’s space aesthetics,explains the connotation of Sujia’s space aesthetics,explores the aesthetic dimension and practical dimension of his space justice theory,and clarifies the significance and deficiencies of his space aesthetics.Provide new possibilities for current space research.The construction of Sujia’s space aesthetic thought cannot be separated from the specific factors and theoretical resources of The Times.Sujia’s spatial view is closely related to the post-metropolitan crisis in the late 20 th century.He takes the current situation of urban development and the study of urban regional issues as the starting point,deeply thinking about the reconstruction of the crisis and the new crisis caused by the reconstruction,and keenly catching the spatial transition of Western Marxism and the reconstruction of critical human geography.The paper concludes the concrete ways of postmodern human geography to be spatialized.At the same time,under the background of "space turning",Suja draws on Lefebvre’s space theory,Foucault’s Heterotopia theory,Berger’s space poetics and Borges’ space metaphor,and constructs a unique space theoretical system,pushing the space research to the depth.Sujia’s aesthetic thought of space includes his aestheticization of space ontology and space epistemology.Sujia reexplored the question of preemptive rights in ontology.While emphasizing the authority of space,he focused on cultural practice,spiritual practice,individual experience and other dimensions to promote the integration of aesthetic category and ontological category.Sujia summarizes and interprets the "Third space",and at the same time analyzes the aesthetic dimensions in each space,highlighting the aestheticism of his concept of space.At the same time,in the aesthetic integration of spatial theory and ecological thinking,he infused ecological implication into spatial dialectics and expanded the paradigm and path of understanding space.Sujia’s thoughts on space aesthetics reflect the two dimensions of post-metropolitan transformation.He examines the new urbanism from the perspective of urban space theory,and explains the historical changes of urban outer space and the cultural changes of urban inner space in the process of post-metropolitan transformation.At the same time,it focuses on the hyperreality of daily life in post-metropolis,combs the theoretical system of postmodern hyperspace,and analyzes the connotation of hyperspace in the context of new city.Sujia’s thought of space aesthetics has important practical significance and theoretical value.Taking Los Angeles as the deconstructing object,Sujia examined and interpreted the generation of unjust geography,completed the construction of spatial justice theory from the perspective of practice,and made a specific analysis of the path to realize spatial justice.Sujia’s perspective and research on space promoted the compatibility and comprehensive development between disciplines,and endowed space production with distinct practical and redemptive meaning.It has certain reference significance for the construction of Chinese space theory and urban construction,but its theory itself still has shortcomings,which need us to dialectically examine and draw from.