Research on the Limitations of Western Life Aesthetics

Author: Wang Xiaohua
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Should contemporary Chinese aesthetics step beyond the postcolonial context? This is no longer a question; the key lies in how to achieve it. Through meticulous logical deduction, this book identifies the limitations of Western life aesthetics and subsequently constructs a transcendent contemporary Chinese life aesthetics, which serves as its stance, methodology, and goal. Through interconnected deep reflections, the book transforms the self-realized potential of life aesthetics into a tripartite integration of body aesthetics—practice aesthetics—life aesthetics. Examining the existing form of Western life aesthetics from this perspective gradually reveals its limitations, while the path to constructing a new Chinese aesthetics continues to emerge.