Contemporary Aesthetic Culture History and Theory -- Chinese Discourse

Author: Huang Lizi
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: This book focuses on the conflict between aesthetic trends and traditional aesthetic culture, dividing the historical period into the 1980s and 1990s. Through an analysis of major aesthetic cultural events and influential figures, it describes and explains the ideological history of the late 20th century. The book offers insightful discussions on the following issues: the theoretical origins and contemporary problems of Marxist ideology; the flaws in ideological analysis before the reform and opening-up; the reflection and critique of ideological theory in the intellectual and cultural circles during the new era; the chain reactions of politics-economy-culture during the reform and opening-up process; the different nature of aesthetic ideologies in contemporary China; the modern connotations of the cultural-ideological strategy in the primary stage of socialist development.