The Aesthetic Theory Of Wolfgang Welsch

Facing the diverse and developmental society, a single aesthetic way alreadycannot satisfy the needs of the people, the aesthetic boom makes a person losting.Whatever is dubbed the "beauty" icon, it will become a popular trend. Facing the trendof aesthetic simplicity and social diversity, the German post-modern aestheticianWolfgang Welsch, with his sharp, he put forward “diversity” style of aesthetic, torefactoring of aesthetic subject, and calls for us to just and tolerant attitude in the face ofeverything. Welsch is also making profound analysis to “the aestheticization of dailylife”, and interpreting on its underlying cause, this kind of phenomenon thatreconstruction of aesthetic ideas.This article is divided into four chapters, the introduction is mainly to WolfgangWelsch, applied to himself and his academic achievements, Welsch ’s aesthetic thoughts,and introduces present situation of the domestic research about this.Chapter one firstly I interpret “the aestheticization of daily life”, and put forwardWelsch ’s the phenomenon of " the aestheticization of daily life ", we find our aestheticenvironment through the discussion, and in this environment how to establish thecorrect values. Of course, I will be "aesthetic daily life" as the purpose of the first part isfor the sake of explanation, it will be freed from the durance of traditional aesthetics,andthen expounds Welsch ’s aesthetic viewpoints.The second chapter is discussed in the modern context, applied theory to putforward the influenced by thinkers, which mainly introduces Welsch to Baumgarten’sand Adorno’s aesthetic thoughts of inherit and development, and introducting to thetheoretical background and methodology——his post-modern view, he puts forwardtwo aspects that "diversity" as its ideological characteristics,"transverse rational" as theinterdisciplinary development ideas.The third chapter is from the ancient Greek thinkers to German classical aestheticsawareness of beauty, it leads to the losing position in traditional aesthetics "sensibility",so I put forward that Welsch trys to rebuild the aesthetic perception of the new system,that is the establishment of a new aesthetic. This chapter still "diversity" as the mainideological characteristics, stating Welsch’s new system "epistemological aesthetics", that is "diversity" aesthetic cognitive style. The diverse aesthetic inspired Welsch’sinterdisciplinary aesthetic thought, so Welsch through the integration of ethics andaesthetics,"ethical/aesthetics" put forward the development of new disciplines, Thus, hecalls on us to justice field, focus on blind spots culture as well as the all-rounddevelopment of sensory systems, to make the sensory system for our aesthetic services,in order to achieve real harmony and the unity of the truth.The fourth chapter mainly summarizes the positive significance of aesthetic ideas,and I have some thinking after researching Welsch’s thought, and I combine withChina’s specific national conditions, discusse the aesthetic practice of aesthetic thoughtson China’s enlightenment.Conclusion mentioned in the history of aesthetics is the development of changing,Welsch ’s aesthetic thought is also changing with the times.