| Richard Shusterman is regarded as one of the foremost representative of the neo-pragmatism aesthetics who is becoming more and more popular on the international aesthetic forum today. Through synthesizing assimilation from the analyze aesthetics and deconstruction aesthetics,while using for the reference of the ideas of the classical pragmatist James and Dewey,Shusterman has formed his own new pragmatic aesthetics thoughts.To study Richard Shusterman's new pragmatic aesthetics thoughts,we must to know the philosophical tradition of pragmatism.The introduction is just about this and the status quo and necessity of his new pragmatic aesthetics thoughts.Chapter one summarizes Shusterman's new pragmatic aesthetics thoughts into four parts:Firstly,he finds a way which is between analysis and deconstruction for pragmatism;Secondly,he proves the legitimacy in aesthetics of popular art;Thirdly,he makes the famous somaethetics;Fourthly,he makes the aesthetic experience of life.Besides,chapter one detaily descripts on the way between analysis and deconstruction. Analysis focuses on the center,while deconstruction takes the center away.Pragmatism advocates linking the arts and everyday life closely,so pragmatism makes a wonderful mediation between analysis and deconstruction.The second chapter detaily introducts the process of proving the legitimacy in aesthetics of popular art by Shusterman.At first,he responses on the six criticals that the popular art encounters one by one.Then,he specifically addresses the legality in aesthetics of popular art by taking country music and rap as examples.Chapter three focuses on his somaethetics.Somaethetics claims personally to do, rather than in theory.Though Shusterman talks about the importance of the body which is taken as the media,his somaethetics is not concerned about the body in nature,but the role of the body as an intermediary and the specific mental.Chapter four illustrates the concept of Shustermans's art and life. Shusterman believes that pragmatism is a kind of specific philosophy which is in the experience. Pragmatist who works in the experience tries to clarify the meaning of experience. Experience is in one context,so it relates to a subject who is in the experience and an environment surrounding the subject.The two are constantly changing,and affecting each other.So especially when we encounter the impact of multi-cultural context, we should know how to live.The conclusion makes a summerary of Shusterman's new pragmatic aesthetics thoughts.Besides,we find his thoughts play a great role in constructing Chinese aesthetic.
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