This article follows the trail of Weber’s comprehensive sociology and uses the hermeneutical method as well as the iconological applied to 11 contemporary works of plastic art which can be described as significant an...This article follows the trail of Weber’s comprehensive sociology and uses the hermeneutical method as well as the iconological applied to 11 contemporary works of plastic art which can be described as significant and representative of contemporary art.It pursues two specific objectives:(a)analyzing the construction of loneliness both in contemporary plastic art and within the society of individuality and separateness,through human bodies and emotions;and(b)attesting how this theme has evolved in artistic practices from simple to reflexive modernity.Artists have indeed placed solitary men and women in the geographical and symbolic center of their compositions,additionally providing a contrast with a spatial and temporal environment which marginalizes them.We conclude that,for contemporary art,subjects are neither fully fledged individuals nor citizens in their own right and that they do not voluntarily live in an individualized society,but rather in one defined by separateness.展开更多
The construction of the literature research discourse in the seven decades since the foundation of the PRC has shown an upward spiral, from 'state/collective discourse' to 'society/individual discourse'...The construction of the literature research discourse in the seven decades since the foundation of the PRC has shown an upward spiral, from 'state/collective discourse' to 'society/individual discourse' and thence to 'world/human discourse.' These related but different discourses have worked together to facilitate literary writing and literature research. During the last 70 years of literature research, the Marxist theory of literature and art has always played a guiding role. Having close links with Chinese literary practice, Marxist theory has had a fundamental impact on the construction of the Chinese literature research discourse system. The emergence of 'state/collective discourse,' 'society/individual discourse' and 'world/human discourse' is an integral, historical, logical and dynamic process. Chinese literature research discourse should be constantly innovated and developed with a vision that looks to the world and the future, in order to contribute Chinese wisdom to dialogues between different academic discourses in the world and thus demonstrate the unique value of Chinese academic research in the humanities.展开更多
文摘This article follows the trail of Weber’s comprehensive sociology and uses the hermeneutical method as well as the iconological applied to 11 contemporary works of plastic art which can be described as significant and representative of contemporary art.It pursues two specific objectives:(a)analyzing the construction of loneliness both in contemporary plastic art and within the society of individuality and separateness,through human bodies and emotions;and(b)attesting how this theme has evolved in artistic practices from simple to reflexive modernity.Artists have indeed placed solitary men and women in the geographical and symbolic center of their compositions,additionally providing a contrast with a spatial and temporal environment which marginalizes them.We conclude that,for contemporary art,subjects are neither fully fledged individuals nor citizens in their own right and that they do not voluntarily live in an individualized society,but rather in one defined by separateness.
基金This paper is a phased result of the major project of the National Social Science Fund of China“The Influence of Lu Xun’s Cultural Choice on Centennial New Literature”(19ZDA267).
文摘The construction of the literature research discourse in the seven decades since the foundation of the PRC has shown an upward spiral, from 'state/collective discourse' to 'society/individual discourse' and thence to 'world/human discourse.' These related but different discourses have worked together to facilitate literary writing and literature research. During the last 70 years of literature research, the Marxist theory of literature and art has always played a guiding role. Having close links with Chinese literary practice, Marxist theory has had a fundamental impact on the construction of the Chinese literature research discourse system. The emergence of 'state/collective discourse,' 'society/individual discourse' and 'world/human discourse' is an integral, historical, logical and dynamic process. Chinese literature research discourse should be constantly innovated and developed with a vision that looks to the world and the future, in order to contribute Chinese wisdom to dialogues between different academic discourses in the world and thus demonstrate the unique value of Chinese academic research in the humanities.
