中国当代美学如何“进步”

“Progress” of Chinese contemporary aesthetic theory

美学上的"进步"是一个复杂的概念。中国当代美学有的强调认识论,有的强调工具论,有的强调实践论,有的强调审美论,有的强调感性论,在此基础上形成了各自的价值取向范式,我们不能简单说哪一种理论是进步的哪一种是退步的。一种美学理论是回应时代问题的产物,也是理论历史自身逻辑发展的结果。每一种理论都有自己阐释的有效性与有限性,没有一种永远进步和简单退步的美学理论。当前认为实践存在论美学是退步的批评是对进步的滥用。

The conception of“progress”is quite complicated.Among Chinese contemporary theorists of aesthetics,some prefer epistemology,some prefer Instrumentalism,some prefer practicism,some prefer aesthetics while others prefer the perceptual approach.It is difficult to say which theory is“progressive”or not because one aesthetic theory must answer the questions of its era.On the other hand,it is a natural result of the development of aesthetic history.Every theory has its own validity and limitations.There is no theory that is “progressive”forever.The current idea that the aesthetics of practice-ontology is retrogressive is an abuse of the concept of “progress”.