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The Ecological Dimension Of Aesthetic Education

Posted on:2010-06-02Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:G C XuFull Text:PDF
GTID:1117360278978049Subject:Literature and art
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Since the 1980's, the theory of esthetic education has gradually formed the trend of taking interdisciplinary study as the leading orientation. Careful analysis of four kinds of study paradigms including the anthropology ontology, psychology, culture and ecology, macroscopically grasping the interdisciplinary development conditions and summing up more mature experience, will be an important aspect to make the breakthrough progress in the history of Chinese esthetic education. But wholly, the ecology study of aesthetic education is still in the initial stage, which is waiting for unearthing as a new academic domain.Ontological sense of the word"ecology"is not only alleged systematic existence, but also implied a kind of"life and life"state. In Confucian ethical system, we often use"the kind heartedness"to annotate"virtue of life and life", so the heaven, thing,benevolence, and humanity in all lives can be combined together. From the view of the thinking way of Chinese civilization, the"state"and the"image"are closely associated."Ecology"may be elucidated from the meaning of the"life"and"state"by intergrating with their cultural connotation.Although the elaboration on"Ecology"happens in Chinese cultural system, the ideas of aesthetic education between the West and China are interlinked, which makes us have the possibility to lay them together to contemplate. But there are differences in philosophy and cultural style. Dissection of similarities and differences of them can be used as premise for dialogue, and it offers us the value references and platform for ecological development of esthetic education. Based on this,the article proposed the idea of"esthetic education of ecology", and then elaborate the legitimacy of the existence of it from some aspects,such as the path, philosophical basis, ecology,psychology and so on. These also have become the foundation to construct ecology esthetic education. The esthetic education of ecology is dominated by the thought of"harmony between man and nature"to establish ecological aesthetic perspective, reshape new aesthetic sense, realize the ecoconsciousness and the aesthetic consciousness, create the ecological survival idea and the way of life , reconstruct mechanism of reconsideration, and help people learn to reverence and thanksgiving in order that conform to the principe of ecological nature of self-criticism, self-care, free development and self-realization.The core value of esthetic education of ecology is the view of ecology-self. The theory of ecology-self intends to reach unification between the ecology consciousness and the self-awareness, and develops into even broader space of esthetic appreciation of ecology from self-esthetic field of vision. This article will also be on the basis of reflection and criticism to"knowledge man"and"economic man"to discuss esthetic education of ecology from aesthetic feature, vision of virtue, graceful survival and human boundary, and then proposes the idea of"ecology man", which realizes the transformation from ecology-self to the state of ecological human in order to seek the significance that ecology accomplishment and the ecology wisdom contains in human construction and the education for all-around development.Finally, The article attempts through double visions as the ecological ontology and the boundary aware to reconstruct the natural view with original basis of life and the homeland feeling, reconfirm the deep connections between esthetic education and the existence, and open up new boundary for Chinese native theoretical study of esthetic education.
Keywords/Search Tags:Ecological Ontology, Aesthetic Education of Ecology, Aesthetic Appreciation of Ecology, Ecology-self
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