康德崇高思想的时间性内涵及其现代意义

The Temporal Connotation of Kant's Understanding of Loftiness and Its Significance in Modern Times

崇高是西方美学的一个重要范畴。康德《判断力批判》中对崇高的分析立足于古希腊以来的美学传统,显现出独特的时间性内涵;崇高的时间不是经验线性的,而是不断地从作为目的的未来回复到当下,又不断地以使命的方式提示着当下的开放性和未完成性,从而体现出超越时间的、更为本源的时间性内涵。对康德崇高思想时间性内涵的探讨可以进一步凸显当代美学与康德美学之间的内在联系,对理解当代美学及审美时间性问题具有重要意义。

Loftiness is one of the leading categories of Western aesthetics. In his Critique of Judgment, kant based his analysis of loftiness on the aesthetic traditions since ancient Greece, showing a distinctive temporal conno- tation. The time of loftiness was not empirically linear, but constantly responded to the current from the future as the purpose and continuously reminded the current openness and unfinishedness in the manner of mission, hence including a time-transcending and more original temporal connotation. Therefore an exploration of the temporal con- notation of kant＇ s understanding of loftiness can further project the inner association between contemporary aesthet- ics and kant＇ s aesthetics, which is of great significance to understanding contemporary aesthetics and sense of aes- thetic time.