The Aesthetic Theory Of Biological Instinct By Ellen Dissanayake

West for a long time discussion on the beauty is always centered on a kind of culture and the rational point of view to explain. From more than two thousand years ago the ancient Greek philosopher Plato’s question "what is beauty" to the middle ages of saint Thomas Aquinas of the three elements of "beauty", until the19th century, Hegel’s "beauty is the sensible appearing of idea", beauty and art has always been with rational and metaphysical attitude, cognition and interpretation in beauty as human civilization after appeared out of the human biological existence elitist pastime is tasted, it is the need of revelation of human spirit. Because of rational and metaphysical investigation Angle led to more than two thousand years has always been to the United States and art on assumptions and empty concept, what is the United States, although all previous dynasties aesthetes, philosophers and artists gave his explanation, but has not been a consensus answer. Therefore, we should reflect on the traditional aesthetic theory thoroughly unilaterally emphasizes the reason and culture as the center way of interpretation, and the aesthetic activities in the biological factors of degeneration and ignore the way of thinking and try to find a more comprehensive and more reasonable explanation.Based on Ellen Dissanayake ark aesthetic biological instinct theory as the research object, combed the Ellen aesthetic theory in the system, on the basis of the aesthetic theory of biological instinct and its significance in the aesthetic activities made his own interpretation. Is a basis on the theory of evolution, anthropology as the main research methods to explore the aesthetic outstanding scholars. Her aesthetic comprehensive biological instinct theory and absorb the Darwinian evolution and Freud’s emphasis on the instinct of a man theory point of view, such as an example, this paper expounds the human biological instinct in the important role of art and aesthetic activities, thus correcting the traditional aesthetic theory supreme rational cognitive mode, put forward the aesthetic species centralism, namely the aesthetic evolution.In this paper, the basic train of thought and ideas are as follows:the introduction part mainly introduces the Ellen’s life and her academic achievements, the summary of combed the Ellen biological instinct theory, and the aesthetic theory of biological instinct Ellen made carefully in this paper, the research background and significance. She thinks that human nature is aesthetic and artistic quality of animals, and aesthetic and art is an evolutionary factor in human nature. The second part analyzes the detailed Ellen’s Sana arc adopted by the aesthetic theory of biological instinct research methods and theoretical foundation. Ellen mainly Darwin’s biological theory of evolution as the theoretical foundation, in the perspective of anthropology and combination of biology, in a large amount of practical instances, her starting point is the point of view of biology to explore the origin of the aesthetic, and combined the theory of sociology, anthropology and archaeology research methods, in the theory of human aesthetic origins back to homo erectus use tools, from ASHLEY ax appeared to hunting tribe of Lascaux Cave paintings, to the social, cultural, with ancient archaeological, biological, behavioral science, biology, psychology and other related theory as the basis, marked a clear train of thought of human aesthetic figure, and put forward with the integration of culture and biological perspective of human aesthetic point of view, and to break the western rational supreme aesthetic dilemma. The third part detailed combed the Ellen aesthetic theory of biological instinct theory. She/art is the human culture-one part of the natural construction process, rather than an irrelevant to a person’s survival and the biological spirit view of luxury goods. She in more source level in anthropological aesthetic point of view has broken the western centralism and dominated by rational aesthetics. As Ellen Dissanayake ark in its aesthetic:art from where and why to confirm in the book:"art is a kind of normal and essential human behavior, just like any other ordinary and common human occupation and focus on things, such as talk, work, exercise, play, social, learning, love and care, should get to know the good in everyone, encouragement and development." The fourth part, from a view of integration, analyses the aesthetic theory of biological instinct Ellen theory value and the enlightenment of traditional aesthetic theory. Her aesthetic biological instinct theory beyond the fetters of the traditional aesthetic theory, criticizes the traditional aesthetic theory of heavy mental and physical understanding way, based on Darwin’s theory of evolution restored by the indispensable human biological factors in the aesthetic activities, reshape the anthropological views from a human is born at the beginning of the germination in the aesthetic evolution of blood, her aesthetic evolution leads us to use culture and mutual fusion and mutual infiltration of biological perspective to re-examine the aesthetic and art, and that the beautiful will ever return to the metaphysical aesthetics of suspended in the air of human life, the beauty as a need of human normal and necessary.