The Amalgamation Of Aesthetics And Politics

The theory of ideology has a long history of two hundred years in the West. .The concept was invented by the Philosopher Telaxi it in prison at the end of 18 century. Its original definition was "science of ideas", but different now. In the Western ideology theorists, Terry Eagleton has a good fame , because of his extraordinary courage and outstanding achievements.Terry Eagleton is a famous contemporary Western Marxism literary theorist. As a Marxist, he always sticks to the logical position of economic base / superstructure and builds his literature criticism on it. "Ideology" is the core category in Eagleton's theory of ideology. He doesn't agree with the idea of pop false ideology according to the works of Marx. Meanwhile, he applied the theory of ideology to the study on literature and aesthetics, and puts forward the ideology of Aesthetics. Influenced by Benjamin, Williams and Althusser, Eagleton unifies the production mode and the superstructure with the category ideology and suggests that "literature was production of ideology". The thesis consists of three chapters. And I will do a systemic research on the Eagleton's theory of ideology .The first part provides a general introduction to Eagleton's ideology theory. The concept of ideology was invented by Telax and its original definition was"science of ideas". But at that historical background of the French Revolution, the concept of ideology had the thick political colour. beyond the academic area. With the development, the definition and theoretical value has changed. For Telaxi , the concept of ideology is true, but early Marx, and most western Marxism scholars thought it negative. In this situation, Eagleton studies ideology theory of Marx, Engels and Lenin. Inspired by the classic Marx, Eagleton pointed out that the false ideology of Marx in the early days mean the thought of the youth Hegel party rather than the concept itself. Eagleton doesn't agree with the idea of false ideology and emphasizes ideological class nature and practicality. In addition, he absorbs the thoughts of Lukacs, Gramsci, Althusser and Williams and develops experience function of ideology and the subject constructing .The second part elaborates Eagleton's aesthetic ideology. By analyzing the naissance and renaissance of the modern aesthetics, and the reason that it takes an important place in Europe at present, Eagleton elaborates the political content of aesthetic ideology and thinks the esthetics is the reaction to the political predicament. In Eagleton's esthetic theory, "body" is a key category . Eagleton suggests we pay attention to "body" in order to build up real materialism esthetics. Eagleton thinks the...