A Micro-Exploration of Affective Studies: The Convergence of Aesthetics and Ugliness

Author: Luan Dong
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Publish Date: 1999-05-01
Features: Aesthetics is the science of human perception. After Westerners narrowly defined aesthetics as a branch of aesthetics, it originally belonged to the field of aesthetics. The origination and one-sided development of aesthetics are also a theoretical manifestation of human immaturity. The tendency towards aristocracy in aesthetic culture, the dogmatization and vulgarization of aesthetic research, as well as the rise of "ugliness studies" in international literary and artistic trends all indicate that expanding human judgment requires evaluating both beauty and ugliness. Aesthetics should be corrected and nourished by aesthetics. The essence of this book is to trace the evolution of aesthetics and open up a new perspective for integrating aesthetics and ugliness studies.