从自然王国走向艺术王国——读杜威美学

From the Realm of Nature to the Realm of Art: A Reading of Deweyian Aesthetics

本文试图解读杜威美学思想的几个基本概念。第一是“活的生物”,说明这个概念与他的一元论哲学之间的关系;第二是杜威美学寻求连续性的特点,其中包括恢复艺术与非艺术的连续性,高雅艺术与通俗艺术的连续性,以及美的艺术与实用的或技术的艺术之间的连续性;第三是杜威的“经验”概念和“一个经验”的观点;第四是杜威的“表现”论;最后,归结到杜威关于艺术与生活关系的论述上来,说明日常生活审美化不是艺术的消亡,而是世界的艺术化。

This essay is intended to elaborate several key concept of Deweyian Aesthetics. The first is ＂live creature＂, by which the author tries to give a brief description of Deweyian Monist philosophy. The second is to discuss Dewey＇s efforts of resuming continuities, including the continuity art and non-art, the elite art and popular art, and the fine arts and crafts. The third is to elaborate Deweyian ＂experience＂ and his special concept ＂an experience＂ . The fourth is the idea of ＂expression＂ as it formulated by Dewey. In conclusion, the author comes to the relation of art to live, and argues that, the aestheticalization of everyday life does not mean the end of art, but the artisticization of the world.