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Bergson "stretches - Life Impulse" Life Aesthetics

Posted on:2009-01-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:D M JiangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360248452576Subject:Aesthetics
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Bergson is a famous esthetician in the history of modern Western. Aesthetics of his life plays an important role in the Western aesthetic from the tradition to the modern transformation. 20th century, the Western culture enters China with the Western power's shell. Bergson's philosophy and aesthetic affected the formation and development of Chinese aesthetics. This paper discuss link between the lives of Aesthetics of china and Bergson's aesthetic of life from the three aspects.First, the Chinese esthetics thought of the life since old times, its philosophical basis is "the syncretism of sky and human", it has not thought the question from the relation of human and nature. In the process of Western philosophy is transformed to the modern from the traditional, Bergson's life aesthetic is unification of human and nature out of question. Therefore, his life aesthetics has place of communication with the Chinese classical life aesthetics each other .There are three aspects: Bergson's life philosophy and Chinese philosophy " the syncretism of sky and human", Bergson's "duration" and Chinese aesthetics "gas", Bergson's "intuition" and Chinese aesthetics' "artistic conception".Secondly, china set off "tide of Bergson" in early time of the twenty century. Both a lot of philosopher and aesthetician accept his effect. Main effect is in aesthetic theory and the field of literary and artistic. Esthetician such as Zong Baihua, Zhu Guangqian has accepted his effects. Artists such as Guo Moruo, Liu Haisu has yet accepted his effect when talking about creation.Finally, though "tide of Bergson "was over, the Bergson's aesthetic ideology does not stop development in China, his aesthetic plays a important role in process of building of Chinese life aesthetics ontology structure the present. First, his life philosophical thought is one of the basis of Chinese life aesthetics. Secondly, they take life as logic starting point, emphasize to exceed human and nature and run after people's inherent liberty as target.
Keywords/Search Tags:Bergson, Aesthetics of life, Duration, Intuition, Chinese aesthetics of life
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