Abstract
Based in a close reading of Zhu Guangqian's pre-1949 works on aesthetics, the paper delineates the relationship between Zhu's early aesthetics and Kant and points out the fundamental influence of Kantian aesthetics on the formation of Zhu's aesthetic theory. The paper claims that Croce's apparent influence shown as the psychological aspects in Zhu'a pre-1949 aesthetics should be understood as selective acceptance after Zhu's acceptance of Kantian aesthetics. Kant's main influence upon Zhu's aesthetics is Zhu's acceptance of the uninterested non-utilitarian formalism and the sublime theory, although Zhu had held some reservation about Kant's aesthetics, especially after 1930s when he began to doubt the legitimacy of non-utilitarianism. The paper claims that Zhu had misread Kant's aesthetics.
First Page
62
Last Page
69
Recommended Citation
Cao, Qian. 2013. "Kantian Influence on Early Zhu Guangqian." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 33, (4): pp.62-69. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol33/iss4/8
