On Western Marxist Philosophy Aesthetic Contemplation

Compared with the classical Marxist philosophy, Western Marxist philosophy hasan important transition of theoretical bar center in its conscious attention to aestheticissues. This paper attempts to analyze the causes of Western Marxist Philosophyaesthetic contemplation, and tease pedigree of this sort of aesthetic contemplation, thento explain the significance of their cultural philosophy.This paper argues that the reason why the Western Marxist philosophy consciousattention to aesthetic issues is not only because of those theoretical difficulties that theclassical Marxist philosophy met in solving problems that encountered in the new era ofdeveloped industrial society, but also because of the impact of Western philosophicalaesthetic modernity thought. In addition, this is also the inheritance and development ofclassical Marxist philosophy aesthetic thought.Western Marxist philosophy is based on human liberation theories purport. Itsin-depth analysis and criticism about the overall alienation in developed industrialsociety, that is political, economic, technical reasoning and mass cultural alienation,reveals the repressive consequences to human existence, on this basis, to put forwardand construct aesthetic path for getting rid of repression and achieving humanliberation.Western Marxist philosophy aesthetic contemplation is the further development andverification of Western Marxist philosophy aesthetic consciousness, is an importantdimension to highlight contemporary Marxist philosophy, and has significant referencevalue to address practical problems appeared in the process of China’s modernization.At the same time, we must know the certain utopian vision on Western Marxistphilosophy aesthetic issue.