灾难美学的理论界定及批判

Theoretical Definition and Critique of Disaster Aesthetics

灾难美学,是审美主体通过在显现空间中的伪行动而彰显出来的一种伪审美精神。在灾难美学中,审美主体和客体存在着严重的分歧。灾难美学表面上流露出远离灾难的审美主体的人道主义式的关怀,实际上却是一种自私的静观主义。它使公众在感性的氛围中沉浸于感伤并高高在上地同情受难者,在无意识间对公众进行意识形态的麻痹,或致使公众无意识地自我麻痹而逐渐丧失批判反思的能力。因此,灾难美学在本质上是反理性的、反批判的。灾难美学不应该被提倡。

Disaster aesthetics reveals a pseudo - aesthetic spirit through the pseudo - action of the aesthetic subject in the space of appearance. A severe contradiction exists between the subject and the object in aesthetic activities. On the one hand, the aesthetic subject is far from the aesthetic object. On the other hand, disaster aesthetics means the public are all sympathetic with disaster sufferers in an attitude of in- difference no matter how they look like sentimentally immersed by that. Moreover, it also means somehow a paralysis Of ideology so that the public would paralyze themselves unconsciously and lose the ability of reflection gradually. For these reasons, as an anti -rational and anti -critical phenomenon, disaster aesthetics should not be advocated.