The Theoretical And Practical Study Of Aesthetic Experience

The study of aesthetic experience occupies a more and more important position in contemporary western aesthetics.The emphasis of contemporary aesthetic research has gradually shifted from the philosophical discussion of the essence of beauty to the study of aesthetic experience and its related problems.This paper focuses on the concept of aesthetic experience,historical construction,the composition of elements,function and value of these aspects,in order to have an accurate grasp of the relevant theory of aesthetic experience.First of all,the article starts with the interpretation of the concept of aesthetic experience,from the two angles of what is experience and what is aesthetic experience,and probes into the essential meaning of aesthetic experience.Jiang KongYang said that "beauty is in creation".He thinks that aesthetic experience is a system with social practice as its origin and aesthetic relations as its starting point.Dewey also believes that experience is inseparable from practice and real life.Aesthetic experience is a category with great tolerance,flexibility and value meaning.It is not only philosophical,metaphysical,but also psychological.It is not only a spiritual phenomenon,but also permeated in almost all material practice activities.Therefore,the author believes that the cultural interpretation of aesthetic experience should focus on its philosophical connotation,psychological connotation and humanistic connotation.In the second part,this article will elaborate the historical construction process of aesthetic experience in detail and try to make a combing of it.Because,if we want to understand the essence of aesthetic experience deeply,I think we should go back to tradition.According to the tradition of western aesthetics,aesthetic experience as a category is not important in the past.However,in contemporary times,so much attention has been paid to the study of aesthetic experience for the following reasons: first,after the nineteenth century,there was a major shift in Western philosophy.The rise of "humanism" and "scientism" accelerates scholars' exploration of the essence of "human".Secondly,the rapid development of western psychology provides a good condition for the study of aesthetic experience.Finally,in the research method,metaphysical method was gradually replaced,and the empirical method gained the dominant position.During the process of forming aesthetic experience step by step in the West,British empiricism aesthetics has played an irreplaceable role.In Chinese traditional aesthetics,the theoretical resources about aesthetic experience are also extremely rich.Many important concepts and categories put forward by classical poetic aesthetics can almost be regarded as an important interpretation of aesthetic experience theory,which can be reflected in classical aesthetic works such as Wen Xin Diao long,Li Ji and Zhuang Zi,and so on.During the modern times Cai Yuanpei and Wang Guowei and others developed it and put forward many important theories.Thirdly,the article expounds the composition of the elements of aesthetic experience.This part mainly includes three parts: the composition of the psychological factors of the aesthetic subject,the composition of the subject and object in the activities of social practice,and the method of contextual analysis of the important role of the social and cultural environment in the aesthetic experience.As far as the composition of psychological elements of aesthetic subject is concerned,it includes four aspects: aesthetic perception,aesthetic imagination,aesthetic emotion and aesthetic understanding.As far as the composition of subject and object in social practice is concerned,practical aesthetics holds that aesthetic experience comes from "objectification of human essential power”.They regard practice as a bridge between aesthetic subject and aesthetic object,and draw the conclusion that "labor creates art" and "labor creates beauty".In addition,phenomenological aesthetics also has a rich discussion on the relationship between aesthetic subject and object.Phenomenological aestheticists emphasize the relationship between aesthetic subject and aesthetic object.They object to subjecting the aesthetic object to the aesthetic subject,and think that the subject can only "construct" and perfect the object,and not create the object.This view is extremely profound and far-reaching.In the section of environmental factors and contextualize analysis,the article expounds the important role of social and cultural environment in forming aesthetic experience by contextual analysis.Contextualism and cross-cultural research methods in anthropology have brought great inspiration to the study of aesthetic experience.Aristotle holds that man is the animal of society,and Marx also thinks that the essence of human being is the sum of social relations.This kind of view has a profound influence in the field of social science.Therefore,aesthetic experience needs to be generated in certain situations and mood,and we cannot ignore the conditions for forming aesthetic experience.Finally,the article explores the function of aesthetic experience and the value of aesthetic experience research.This paper will demonstrate the significance and value of aesthetic experience research from two angles,one is the theoretical significance of aesthetic experience research,the other is the practical significance of aesthetic experience research.In terms of its theoretical significance,this paper mainly discusses the relationship between aesthetic experience and literary research from the point of view of aesthetic turn and art theory.For its practical significance,this paper focuses on how aesthetic experience adapts to the development of modern society,and how modern society can learn from the theory of aesthetic experience to better go advance.At the same time,with the deepening of globalization,through the cross-cultural study of anthropology and contextualism analysis methods to explore aesthetic issues,to study the cultural differences of aesthetic experience and nationality.Emphasizing the importance of Chinese experience and Chinese context in the study of aesthetic experience can further promote the development of the subject of aesthetic anthropology.