Zhu Guangqian Of Life Aesthetics

Life is the existing situation of human and the starting point of all the activities of humanity. We have to start from "life" when we are engaged in aesthetic activities. Life aesthetics seizes "life" which is the logic starting point of aesthetic activities and studies aesthetic questions by the thinking means beyond the dichotomy between subjectivity and objectivity. The viewpoints of life aesthetics are as follows: beauty lies in life; life is the source of beauty and also the last conversion of beauty; appreciating of beauty is the way of life activities and also the sublimation of life. The academic circles usually study Zhu guangqian' s aesthetic thoughts from the rational angel, but pay little attention to the features of his concern for life existing. The thesis studies Zhu guangqian' s aesthetics from the life aesthetics angel. Firstly, it inquires into the contemporary field of vision of life aesthetics. Secondly, it makes a concrete analysis of Zhu guangqian' s life aesthetic thoughts from four aspects: image, taste, theory of physiological activities in aesthetic feeling, aesthetic education thoughts. Lastly, it investigates the Chinese and the west academic source of Zhu guangqian' s life aesthetic thoughts.