本雅明的城市美学探赜

On Benjamin's Urban Aesthetics

城市美学是德国美学家瓦尔特·本雅明学术关怀的重要维度。城市作为社会的符号和缩影,几乎纵贯本雅明一生的学术研究。本雅明以城市文本作为批评策略,瓦解叙事意义;将城市看作独特的现代性方式,以拯救现代"震惊经验"。他的城市美学在当今的城市文化研究中有十分重要的借鉴意义。

Urban aesthetics is an important dimension of academic concern of Walter Benjamin, a German esthetician. As the symbol and miniature of society, city almost runs through Benjamin＇s academic study all his life. Benjamin takes urban text as a strategy of criticism, disrupting the narrative significance. He considers city as a unique modem way, redeeming the modem ＂shock experience＂. His urban aesthetics provides important significance for reference in urban cultural studies.