西方美学思想与自我

The Western Aesthetic Views and Self

中西方不同的思维方式引起了两种不同的自我观:西方人的"独立型自我"与中国人的"互倚型自我"。前者的主要特征是理性、自由和个体性,后者的主要特征是依赖他人。从西方的观点来看,审美兴趣乃是自我表现、自我实现的一种方式。本文对西方美学史作为独立型自我的发展过程,做了较详细的描述和评论。作者认为,中国传统文化应当吸取西方美学思想之精华,亦即对独立型自我的尊重,以充实我们的美学思想。

Distinct thinking styles between Westerners and Chinese lead to difference between the two concepts of self： The Western independent self and the Chinese interdependent self. The main characteristics of the former are rationality, freedom and individuality. The latter depends on the others. From the Western viewpoint, aesthetic feeling is a mode self-expression and self-realization. The article describes, in detail, the history of Western aesthetic views as a long process of development of the independent self. The author holds that traditional Chinese culture must absorb the quintessence of the Western aesthetic views, that is, the high regard for the independent self, in order to enrich our aesthetic views.