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The Development Of The Natural Beauty Theory And The Expansion Of Marxism Natural View In Contemporary China

Posted on:2013-03-27Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L YangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2235330374983281Subject:Literature and art
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The natural beauty which is the "Achilles heel" of aesthetics, has attracted theorists’attention. Though aesthetics was regarded as "Philosophy of Art", many scholars have tried to give the answer to the question. In China the people given research to natural beauty focus mainly on the classical theory of natural beauty and the studies on ecological aesthetics, lack of contemporary natural beauty theory especially after the founding of New China. In fact the "aesthetic discussions" In the1950s and1960s, the "aesthetic craze" in1970s and1980s, and the ecological aesthetics in1990s all have discussed the natural beauty widely.This thesis is based on the study of contemporary aesthetics and Marxist theory, give the attention to the research of natural beauty in modern china, and try to figure out the situation about the deepening of natural beauty studies and the relation between the development of natural beauty studies and the development of Marxist natural view. Giving a historical and logic description to the relation, this thesis will surveys the achievement and disadvantage of studies on natural beauty in modern china, give an evaluation to the role which Marxist natural view played in the studies on natural beauty, and try to point out the new dimension to think about natural beauty.According the stages of theory development, this thesis includes four chapters:The introduction of this paper mainly describes the situation of studies on natural beauty in modern china, give a preliminary analysis of the inner link between the development of natural beauty studies and the development of Marxist natural view. Based on the inner link, this thesis will discuss that they has an isomorphic relations during the development.The first chapter:the research on natural beauty and the Marxist natural view during1950s and1960s. This thesis will describe the stage of the natural beauty research from materialist dimension with the description of the ideas of aesthetic ian, especially the four views—the subjective aesthetics, the objective aesthetics, the integration of subjective and objective aesthetics, and the practical aesthetics—in "aesthetic discussions". During the same time, Marxism as a ideology had widely spread and got an research in-depth, With the research to world essence,the identity to materialism, the criticism to idealism, the scholars pay more attention to the ontological research to the natural view. It’s completely corresponding between the development of the natural beauty research and Marxist natural view.The second chapter:the natural beauty theory and the Marxist nature view after the "cultural revolution" and during1980s. During this stage, the natural beauty had been discussed widely in the "aesthetic heat" and aesthetics research appeared several tendencies of diversification. Practice aesthetics played an important role during this time and performed the stage of natural beauty research from practical theory. It developed the humanistic dimension of the natural beauty theory. Western theories which brought into china widely, strike the status of Marxism. The research to Manuscripts developed the humanistic dimension of Marxism, and the view of humanized nature has been accepted widely. During this time, the natural beauty theory and the Marxist natural view was characterized by obvious humanism and developed in natural dialectics dimensionThe third chapter:the natural beauty theory and the Marxist nature view after1990s. During this time, the research to natural beauty has got a considerable progress with the development of ecological aesthetics. The natural beauty research developed the dimension of ecological theory. Many ecological aestheticians reread the Marxism and emphasize its view to ecology and nature. The development of the research on Marxist nature view included mainly the research on ecological Marxism, and the Marxist natural view was characterized by ecology.The forth chapter:Value and reflection. Natural beauty theory and the development of Marxist view of nature in the overall shows an isomorphic relationship which is from a corresponding relationship to promoting each other, showing the development of natural beauty view and Marxist nature view. This paper point out that the isomorphic relationship is a new dimension for us to research natural beauty. and mature, also shows that the natural beauty of Marxist view of nature and deepening and expanding, for the future of the theory of natural beauty provide new thinking dimension. At the same time, we should also realize that there are some problems in the current research on the theory of natural beauty, such as ecological aesthetics being instead of natural beauty totally. Some problems should draw our attention. Finally, the paper will point out that the Marxist nature view provide a guide to the research on natural beauty in china, and bring some views to the future of Chinese natural beauty theory.
Keywords/Search Tags:Natural Beauty Theory, Marxist Natural View, Ontology, Materialism, Humanism, Ecological Theory
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