生命为何需要美学——读潘知常《信仰建构中的审美救赎》所想到的

Why Life Needs Aesthetics: Thinking of Aesthetic Redemption in Faith Construction by Pan Zhichang

潘知常教授在《信仰建构中审美救赎》,针对进入"上帝死了"的现代社会虚无主义肆虐的文化病症,提出了生命美学的内涵是:审美哲学+审美形而上学+审美救赎诗学,让美学来承担信仰建构的历史使命,进而在信仰建构中完成人类生命走出虚无主义的审美救赎。有感于此,将潘知常的历史起点作为文章的时间终点,回溯数百万年前的"人猿揖别"时代,从生命进化和文明演进的双向视角,重新审视了"自由""信仰""救赎"的含义。于是,从生命进化的潜质提出了因生命而审美,从审美昭示的意义阐述了因审美而自由,从自由企及的目标说明了因自由而信仰,从信仰实现的路径论述了因信仰而救赎,最后从救赎创造的生命论证了因救赎而生命,从而回答了生命为何需要美学的理论困惑。

Aesthetic Redemption in the Construction of Faith by Professor Pan Zhichang,addressing the cultural illnesses that are raging in the nihilism of modern society in which“God is dead”,puts forward the connotation of life aesthetics:aesthetic philosophy+aesthetic metaphysics+aesthetic redemption poetics,letting aesthetics come Undertake the historical mission of belief construction,and then complete the aesthetic redemption of human life out of nihilism in belief construction.Feeling this,Pan Zhichang’s historical starting point is taken as the end point of the paper,which traces back to the era of“ape farewell”millions of years ago and re-examine“freedom”,“belief”and“Redemption”from the perspective of the evolution of life and civilization.Therefore,from the potential of life evolution,the paper proposes aesthetics due to life;from the significance of aesthetics,the belief in freedom is explained;from goals of freedom,the belief in freedom is illustrated;from the path of faith realization,the salvation by faith is discussed;finally,from the life created by redemption,the theoretical confusion of why life is needed is further answered.