Tragic Aesthetics: Historical Examination and Contemporary Interpretation

Author: Guo Yusheng
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Tragedy is a crucial aesthetic category and also a complex and highly research-worthy one in aesthetics. Grounded in practical aesthetics based on the freedom of practice-creation, this book centers on tragic art and conducts a historical examination and contemporary interpretation of tragic aesthetics from the perspective of the unity of aesthetic anthropology and philosophical aesthetics of life. The author closely connects with tragic theories and works from ancient and modern China and the world, powerfully demonstrating the significant role of practical aesthetics in understanding and resolving tragic aesthetic issues. Additionally, the book offers in-depth and historically broad interpretations of key tragic aesthetic issues, such as the conflict in tragedy, the resolution of tragedy, the relationship between tragedy and the sublime, and the direction of tragedy.