从“形象思维”讨论到“方法论热”--论新时期美学发展中的科学主义热潮

From Discussion on“Imagery Thinking”to Methodology Craze—On the Booming of Scientism in the Developmentof Aesthetics in the New Period

改革开放以后的美学所呈现出来的新面貌,主要受两种典型的文化思潮影响,一种是科学主义,一种是人文主义。科学主义不仅是当时全社会追捧的热潮,而且也成为文艺理论界极力学习与借鉴的对象。改革开放之初,科学主义对于美学领域的变革始于“形象思维”大讨论,随着科学主义在美学领域中的不断扩张,20世纪80年代中期爆发了一场“方法论”热潮。科学主义在中国美学的发展过程中尽管昙花一现,却起到了重要作用,不仅激发了当代美学现代性进程中的创新活力,更展露出了当代美学发展的特征与问题。

After the reform and opening up,the new appearance of aesthetics was mainly influenced by two typical cultural thoughts,one is scientism and the other is humanism.Scientism was not only the focus pursued by the whole society at that time,but also became the object of study and reference in the field of literary theory.At the beginning of the reform and opening up,the change of scientism in the field of aesthetics began with the discussion on“imagery thinking”.However,with its continuous expansion,a methodology craze broke out in the mid-1980s.In the development of Chinese aesthetics,although scientism is a flash in the pan,it has played an important role not only in stimulating the innovative vitality for its modernization,but also in revealing the characteristics and problems in the process.