A Brief View of Practice Ontology Aesthetics in the Context of Contemporary China

In recent years, Practice Ontology Aesthetics takes shape in academic discussion and argument. The introduction of Practice Ontology Aesthetics occurred in the course of introspection of Practice Aesthetics in modem China, in which the existence dimension in Marxist concept of practice was of great significance to breaking the theoretical limitation of present Practice Aesthetics. Therefore, in terms of the distinctive context of Chinese contemporary aesthetics, the introduction of Practice Ontology Aesthetics from the theoretical perspective of Marxist existentialism offers a possible way to break the current aesthetics and represents a multiple academic pursuit of Marxist, Chinese and modem aesthetics.

Capital and Aesthetics＂ How Could People＇s Freedom be Possible under Modem Conditions？

In the age where capital becomes the most dominant, the most manipulating power, the current aesthetics has to face and solve the problems such as ＂capital versus aesthetics＂, ＂matter nature versus mind nature＂, ＂society versus culture＂ and has to answer the follow-up question--＂How could people＇s freedom be possible in modem conditions？＂ The reflections and criticism on ＂capital modernity＂ by Marx, Weber and Simmel all directly pointed to the issues of people＇s value and the settlement of their spirit in the Age of Capital. Meanwhile, the salvation of the ＂aesthetic modernity＂ makes up the proper meaning of the solution in many thinkers＇ mind to the predicament of the age. In this sense, the reflections on the Zeitgeist in the Age of Capital is certainly included in the pursuit of aesthetic freedom in this age.

Study on Aesthetic Institution and Contemporary Aesthetic Criticism Dimension

More attentions have been paid to the relationship between institution and aesthetics/art, as the core issue of contemporary aesthetics in the background of linguistic turn and anthropological turn of contemporary aesthetics. The contemporary transformation of aesthetic/art institution is triggered by the multiple contradictions and complications among aesthetic/art and institution. One critical way to enable contemporary aesthetics to exceed traditional paradigm of aesthetics and art criticism is to rethink the institutional dimension of the aesthetic and art. On the basis of ethnographic exploration of contemporary social situation, contemporary mechanism of art circle and all kinds of critical consciousnesses, the criticism of aesthetic institution has motivated multiple dimensions of contemporary aesthetic criticism. According to the contemporary circumstances, the criticism dimension of contemporary aesthetics mainly focuses on the following several themes： the aestheticization of everyday life; the deconstruction and reconstruction of the boundary of beauty; art by metamorphosis： the formulation mode of art; criticism of aesthetic capitalism： distinction and cross boundary; political potential of the art of volneralble groups： the power of aesthetic resistance; aesthetic institution criticism and liberal government. On the basis of the above, the ultimate respect to ＂beauty＂ by contemporary aesthetics is to start two dimensions, i.e., poetics and politics of contemporary aesthetics eventually by clarifying the relationship between the aesthetic and art and politics/power, and practicing some transcendence by taking the aesthetic as one special institutional form.

Research on the Improvement of Teachers’Artistic Accomplishment Based on the Status Quo of Contemporary Aesthetic Education

Contemporary aesthetic education is one of the educational methods under the contemporary cultural system,which includes contemporary educational ideas,methods,and countermeasures of art.Teachers under contemporary aesthetic education must take on the responsibility of improving their artistic qualities in this process,express differences through perceiving life,and reshape aesthetics by regulating oneself.Teachers need to be concerned about the society,and based on the present,with independent thinking,capture the essence of life and conform to the laws of art,maintain a vigilant and critical edge,advance with the times in teaching and life,as well as embody their own educational philosophies and value judgments.

From “Practice” to “Living”： Main Trends of Chinese Aesthetics in the Past 40 Years

In the past 40 years, Chinese research in the field of philosophical aesthetics has made great progress in basic research and academic contributions. The Chinese approach to the ontology of contemporary aesthetics has played the most important role in this historical transition. A shifting paradigm of the ontology of aesthetics-from the concept of “practice” （shijian 實踐） to the concept of“living” （shenghuo 生活）-is assisting to integrate Chinese aesthetics into the context of globalization, and Chinese and global. “Aesthetics” is Aesthetica, it is also is a Juexue 觉学 Chinese context. the future of Chinese aesthetics is both not just Ganxue 感学 in the sense of that is closer to the sense of Aisthetik in