Research On Lyotard's Sublime Aesthetics

Since the 80s of the 20th century, when Lyotard's making great efforts to pursue sublime, Sublime Aesthetic meet a predicament in China. Humanistic spirit and aesthetic object and pursuance in sublime were being challenged by the logic of capital market. Even be ridiculed as a outdated concept. What we can get from Lyotard's sublime, whether sublime has lost its value in nowadays?This paper is a research into Lyotard's sublime theory in the context of the western world's aesthetic history. By making a comparison between Lyotard's sublime theory and the classical ones, the paper aims to reveal the transfer of the connotation in sublime theory and probe into the status of Lyotard's sublime theory in the western world's sublime history. By analyzing his elucidation to the sublime aesthetics on the postmodern condition, the paper aims to reveal the temporality, indeterminacy and negative presentation to the unpresentable characteristics of Lyotard's sublime aesthetics. And point out Lyotard's sublime aesthetics'critical value to the postmodern society. With a close attention to the avant-grade art, Lyotard's sublime theory provides a theory testify for the avant-grade art.After a research into Lyotard's sublime aesthetic, we can find that sublime was still alive in our life. It exists as a aesthetic life style.