Abstract
Globalization has reshaped our sense of place and this reshaping has profound impact on human aesthetic experience. Modern transportation, media, mass culture and theme — parkization of cities accelerate the proliferation of the aesthetics of placelessness. Facing the crisis of “the end of Place”, Marxist theorists on space believe that “place” has become increasingly important due to its multiple deformations. Place not only reshapes the structure of senses but also reconstructs urban situation and social structure. This paper claims that there is at present a need to discard the narrow understanding of place while retaining the aesthetic appreciation of particularity and uniqueness, so as to rebuild a global sense of place. This global sense of place is a kind of local imagination and social-spatial practice which will be more dialectical and open, and it may have enlightening implications for the rectification of the anti-globalization trend and the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
First Page
136
Last Page
144
Recommended Citation
Zhu, Jun. 2020. "Is "Place" Ended: Dialectical Thoughts on Space Theory." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 40, (3): pp.136-144. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol40/iss3/12
