回首美学旧案

Retrospection of the Previous Aesthetics Studies

二十世纪五六十年代的国内美学大讨论,体现了有限的学术自由,一方面难免其时代印痕和负面影响,一方面却也难能可贵。它带来了美学学科的发展与繁荣,有利于独立的学术人格和独立的学术思考的培育,并且对哲学学科形成强大的“冲击波”,对其他社会科学产生了广泛的影响力,导引出“美学讨论→美学热→文化热”这一学术、思想、文化历程,所有这些都已经显露出那一场美学大讨论的美学底蕴及其超美学的、学术史、思想史、文化史的意义。随着学术领域的政治批判的淡化,它在今后的多元化研究格局中还会显示其潜在的深远的影响。

In China, the heated discussion of aesthetics which existed from 1950s to 1960s embodies limited academic freedom. On the one hand, it hardly avoids a brand of the times and adverse effects; it is valuable on the other hand. It brings the development and prosperity of aesthetics, which is beneficial for the building up of specialized academic personality and thinking. It not only forms a great ＇blast wave＇ towards philosophy, but also has a wide impact on other social science. Furthermore, it shows a course of academy, thinking and culture., aesthetics discussion-- a fad for aesthetics-- cultural craze. All these unfold the aesthetics details of that discussion and its importance in other academic fields. With the dilution of political critiques in academic fields, this discussion will reveal its potential, far-reaching influence in the multi-disciplinary pattern of study.