Michel De Certeau's Everyday Life Aesthetics And Its Contemporary Cultural Significance

Michel de Certeau is an important history philosopher and post-modern culture theorist of France in the 20th century. His everyday life practice aesthetics has abundant and deeply thought connotation. Certeau's everyday life aesthetics consists of three directions which are the"resistance"of"tactics",walking in city"and the conception of consumption. They have the space of deeply discussion and theory interpretation. The everyday life aesthetics of Certeau provides an important theory vision for us in reading and understanding the living experience of our society. It has important culture significance in the lately research on culture and some other relative fields.This paper is comprised of introduction, body and conclusion. The body is divided into three chapters.Introduction It mainly cards and summarizes the present study situation of Certeau at home and abroad. And then gives an account of the purpose, frame and theory meaning of this study.Chapter One The theory of everyday life practice: The aesthetic meaning of"resistance"mainly discusses the tactics of culture"resistance"in the everyday life practice theory of Certeau. For example, the"wig"tactic especially analyzes the core concept"strategry"and"tactic"in the everyday life practice theory of Certeau. It also interprets its aesthetic meaning from the perspective of the orient theory.Chapter Two Space and city: The contemporary aesthetics experience of"walking"discusses the aesthetics of"walking in city"of Certeau's everyday life practice. It especially discusses the the post-geography which is found in walking practice and the aesthetics living experience which exists in the course of walking in city. It also analyzes the comtempotary aesthetics experience in the crash of civilization from the relevancy context of space and walking in city. Chapter three The wisdom of"change": The"consumption"conception and the everyday life aesthetics of Certeau interpret the theory of consumption in the everyday life practice theory of Certeau. It points out that the soul of the everyday life practice theory is the living aesthetics of"eascaping but without leaving". It also puts this theory under the background of recent theory research and discusses the conjunction with Foucault and the Frankfurt school. And then reveal the current significance of the research on Certeau's everyday life aesthetics.Conclusion The everyday life aesthetics of Certeau is a rethingking research on life and the subject"human being"of life. His theory embodies a kind of practice logic and shows the experience and wisdom of life. The three directions in the everyday life aesthetics of Certeau provide a sort of humanities perspective that observes society culture and the methodology of microcosmic research. It has important society and culture significance.