On The Aesthetic Attitude

The aesthetic attitude play a critical role in Aesthetics and the activities of literature and art .In a society ,not only the qualities of the culture and art can be shown directly ,but also the outlooks on life and the features of the spirit can be reflected indirectly by the situation of people's aesthetic attitude .So it is very important to study the aesthetic attitude .There are two problems in the aesthetic field .which are the insufficient attention to the theories of the aesthetic attitude of ancient China and the inadequate studying of the aesthetic attitude itself .On one hand ,we usually generalize some common things from the western theories of the aesthetic attitude .On the other hand ,the attitude has been the emphasis of the social psychology ,but the aesthetic attitude isn't the key point of the aesthetic psychology .To solve the above-mentioned problems ,firstly I have a retrospection on the theories of the aesthetic attitude to look for the common ground ,then I discuss the aesthetic attitude itself to probe into the internal laws and the external laws of the aesthetic attitudeHistorical Investigation of the Theories of the Aesthetic AttitudeThe theories of the aesthetic attitude of China take shapes very early .In the thesis ,we discuss the aesthetic attitude from three points of view ,which are the aesthetic attention ,the empathy and the psychological distance .The theories of the aesthetic attitude of ancient China make a impact both on the literature and art and on the life attitude .The western theories of the aesthetic attitude has matured until the modern times .So we discuss three western contemporary theories of the aesthetic attitude which are the doctrines of the aesthetic attention ,the empathy and the psychological distance to echo other at a distance to the theories of the aesthetic attitude of ancient China .The western contemporary theories of the aestheticattitude embody the changing trend of western aesthetics ,and put undue stress on the aesthetic subject .The aesthetic disinterestedness is the radical quality of the aesthetic attitude ,but the gains and losses hide behind the disinterestedness and express themselves imperceptibly in personal aesthetic psychology .So the utility of the aesthetic attitude is indirect ,whose effect is profound .Probing and Analyzing of the Internal Laws of the Aesthetic AttitudeThe aesthetic attitude is a special psychology attitude ,which is different from the functional attitude and the scientific attitude .Not only does it exist before the aesthetic beginning ,but also it runs through the whole aesthetic course as a special aesthetic psychological mechanism .We discuss the above-mentioned qualities of the aesthetic attitude through inquiring into the distribution of the aesthetic attention .The aesthetic attitude is a stereoscopic ,unrest and complex psychological structure .It has three layers of the attention ,time and space ,personality .The psychological functions of the aesthetic attitude are connected with its structure .The deep personality layer ,the surface attention layer and the middle layer of time and space decide the aesthetic motive direction and arranging respectively .So the aesthetic attitude has three functions of motive ,direction and arranging .The psychological process also has three stages of beginning ,unfolding and effect according to the aesthetic psychological course .The aesthetic attitude comes from the animal psychology .We discuss the forming of the psychological layers of the aesthetic attitude in the thesis .The developing process of the aesthetic attitude is in the same step with people's growing .So it is divided into three stages of the aesthetic latent energy ,unconscious and conscious aesthetic attitude according to three stages of the children 's psychological development.Seeking and Probing of the External Laws of the Aesthetic AttitudeWe discuss the embodying of the aesthetic attitude commonly and individually .On one hand ,the common aesthetic attitude has the quali...