Abstract
In 1980s, Liu Gangji put forward and established practical ontological aesthetics as a result of reflection and critique of mechanistic and perceptual materialism. He re-interpreted the Marxist view of practice as that which is participated by both the subject and the object, and elevated practice from epistemological level to ontological level. In this way, his conceptualization surpassed the dichotomy between subject and object and transcended the material ontology in the track of old materialism which to this day is still followed by some scholars. Liu Gang Ji's concept of practice not only initiated an advance in Marxist aesthetics of practicum but also played an important role in the establishment and development of contemporary Chinese aesthetics.
First Page
68
Last Page
75
Recommended Citation
Zhu, Liyuan, and Wenying Zhang. 2013. "On Liu Gangji's Practical Ontological Aesthetics as an Advance of Practical Aesthetics." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 33, (1): pp.68-75. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol33/iss1/10
