美学在今天何以成为可能——兼论吴炫的《否定主义美学》

否定主义美学观认为,美学不仅要研究美的现成形式(符号),更重要的是探求这些形式(符号)为何美之原因,以信它之所以诞生的动力机制等更重要的深层问题.其代言人吴炫主张,美并不存在于任何现成的、既有的主客观状态中;恰恰相反,它指向一种未来的可能性世界--理想化、创造性、生成性的价值世界.人类与美借此创造性过程而实现回顾契合.换言之,它旨在否定美的现成性、既定性价值,肯定美的不断生成性、未来理想性和人的创造性价值.

Aesthetics:A Possibility--On Wu Xuan's Negativist Aesthetics

The Negativist Aesthetics concerns that aesthetics should not only study the existing representational forms of beauty but also their reasons and dynamics. Wu Xuan, the spokesman of the theory, argues that beauty does not exist in any established subjective or objective situations; instead, it indicates a future possible world-a value world of idealization, creativity and generation. In the creative process, man and beauty are integrated.