审美也是一种终极关怀

Aesthetics Is Also a Kind of Ultimate Solicitude

人类的终极关怀主要有三种形式:一种是给多样的现实世界以统一之本体存在的哲学承诺;一种是给有限的个体生命以无限之价值意义的宗教承诺;一种是给异化的现实人生以情感之审美观照的艺术承诺。随着人类文明的发展,哲学之本体论和宗教之形而上学分别面临着学理和信仰上的危机,在这种情况下,艺术之文化形式需要自觉地承担起为人类提供终极关怀的历史使命。

There are three main forms of the human ultimate solicitude, the philosophical promise which gives a united noumenal existence to the various real worlds, the religious promise which gives the infinite value and significance to the finite individual life, and the artistic promise which gives various aesthetic observations to the dissimilative real life. With the development of human civilization, the ontology of philosophy and the metaphysics of religion have been faced with the crisis on theory and belief respectively. Under such condition, the cultural form of art should conscientiously undertake the historical mission of providing ultimate solicitude for mankind.