潘知常生命美学“信仰转向”现象批判

翟崇光; 姚新勇

PDF
Cite
Share

facebook

twitter

google

linkedin

April 2021

Article Contents

Citation: Chongguang ZHAI and Xinyong YAO. Criticism of “Belief Turn” in Life Aesthetics Proposed by Pan Zhichang[J]. Academic Monthly, 2021, 53(2): 170-180. shu

Criticism of “Belief Turn” in Life Aesthetics Proposed by Pan Zhichang

Abstract

Pan Zhichang, famous as a representative of “life aesthetics”, has been advocating the addition of “dimensions of belief and love” to the Chinese aesthetics since the inception of the new century. His thinking and words inherit the aesthetic interpretation of “poetic theology”, represented by Liu Xiaofeng, which makes them relevant in the view of modernity with their “theological enlightenment” but also infects them with a drawback of praising Western aesthetics and belittling the Chinese one in a concept of binary opposite. It is plausibly understandable because of its commonality among contemporary scholars. But Pan always acts as a self-claimed authority and “preaches” around, which not only amplifies academic shortage and theoretical imprudence, but deviates his didactic writings on “life aesthetics” as well as preaches of “belief ” and “love” from the gravity of flesh and soul, making his writings reduced to fast fashion in this consumption era, florid and empty rhetoric, and omnipotent “chicken soup for the soul” with love. “Preach” is distorted into something shallow and narrow when it should refer to something lofty and distant. Beyond reproach as he is in such a time of vanity, self-reflection should be a priority now that he tasks himself with “advocating belief ” and “preaching”.
- life aesthetics,
- love and belief,
- belief turn,
- Pan Zhichang,
- Liu Xiaofeng
References
Access
1. [1]
  LIAO Han . Popular Religion and the Formation of Local Culture——Research on the Belief in Ge Xian'gong in Northeastern Jiangxi since the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(7): 195-205.
2. [2]
  LIU Fengjie . “The Flower's Color Become Lucid Immediately”——The Aesthetic Implications and Modern Reverberations of Wang Yangming's “Mind-Thing Relationship”. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(1): 180-193.
3. [3]
  HU Jun . Three Dimensions of Aesthetic Value from the Perspective of Neuroaesthetics——On the Essence of Beauty and Other Issues. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(8): 184-194.
4. [4]
  MA Xuejun . The Echoes of Yan Fu's Thought among Republican-Era Sociologists——Based on the Writings of Tao Menghe,Pan Guangdan,Lin Yaohua,and Fei Xiaotong. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(3): 132-142.
5. [5]
  XU Xiangdong . Consciousness and The Moral Status of AI Agents. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(8): 5-15.
6. [6]
  QIN Zhongliang . Historical Views and Historical Facts: The Evolution of Perceptions of Fanzhen since the Song Dynasty. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(7): 181-194.
7. [7]
  ZHANG Jun , FANG Hongsheng . Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Economic Growth. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(8): 70-90.
8. [8]
  CHEN Yinchi , WU Siqi . Interaction and Integration between Buddhist and Daoist Hagiographies in Medieval China. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(7): 157-169.
9. [9]
  SHEN Yifei . Theoretical Genealogies of the Emotional Economy and the Chinese Context. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(7): 129-142.
10. [10]
  YING Qi . Hegel's Conception of Reconciliation and the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(7): 23-31.
11. [11]
  LIU Chuang , LIU Sijia . Conceptual Engineering: A Way of Understanding Mind and Intelligence in the Future. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(1): 11-19.
12. [12]
  ZHOU Mujun . Between Theory and Empirical Facts: Habermas and the Sociological Debate on the Public Sphere. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(8): 157-170.
13. [13]
  LU Mingjun . Simulacra, Pattern Recognition, and Computational Formalism——Reflections on the Application of AI in Artistic Practice and Art History Research. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(8): 41-55.
14. [14]
  ZHAO Lin , ZHANG Boyu , LIANG Hua . The Relationship Between Monopoly and Innovation in Information Product Markets——A Growth Network Perspective. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(7): 64-76.
15. [15]
  LI Ming , XU Haiqi , XU Changtuo . A Statistical Framework and Measurement Results for Public Finance Investing in People. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(8): 91-105.
16. [16]
  RAN Gaoran . The Evolution and Game of Property Systems——On the Paradigm Choice for Data Property. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(7): 117-128.
17. [17]
  ZHANG Han , ZHOU Xiaohong . The Confluence of a Thousand Lakes: “Huddling for Warmth” and Business Practices of Yiwu Peasants. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(6): 119-134.
18. [18]
  LIANG Tao , XU Yuantong . Human Mind,the Way Mind and the Counsels of Great Yu——An Academic Inquiry Based on the Misplaced Slips in Xunzi. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(5): 5-16.
19. [19]
  LI Xiuyun , LI Yue . Educational Discipline and Political Construction: The Shaping of Sun Yat-sen's Textbook Media Image in His Youth. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(3): 206-216.
20. [20]
  YANG Lan , ZHOU Yahong , XIAO Xinyue . Digital Infrastructure, Relative Deprivation of Household Income, and Inclusive Development. Academic Monthly, 2026, 58(1): 71-83.

Get Citation

PDF

XML

Entire Issue PDF

Article Metrics

Article views: 3644 Times PDF downloads: 12 Times Cited by: 0 Times

Metrics

PDF Downloads(12)
Abstract views(3644)
HTML views(648)

Latest
Most Read
Most Cited

通讯作者: 陈斌, bchen63@163.com

1.
沈阳化工大学材料科学与工程学院沈阳 110142

Criticism of “Belief Turn” in Life Aesthetics Proposed by Pan Zhichang

Chongguang ZHAI
Xinyong YAO

Available Online: 2021-02-20

Abstract: Pan Zhichang, famous as a representative of “life aesthetics”, has been advocating the addition of “dimensions of belief and love” to the Chinese aesthetics since the inception of the new century. His thinking and words inherit the aesthetic interpretation of “poetic theology”, represented by Liu Xiaofeng, which makes them relevant in the view of modernity with their “theological enlightenment” but also infects them with a drawback of praising Western aesthetics and belittling the Chinese one in a concept of binary opposite. It is plausibly understandable because of its commonality among contemporary scholars. But Pan always acts as a self-claimed authority and “preaches” around, which not only amplifies academic shortage and theoretical imprudence, but deviates his didactic writings on “life aesthetics” as well as preaches of “belief ” and “love” from the gravity of flesh and soul, making his writings reduced to fast fashion in this consumption era, florid and empty rhetoric, and omnipotent “chicken soup for the soul” with love. “Preach” is distorted into something shallow and narrow when it should refer to something lofty and distant. Beyond reproach as he is in such a time of vanity, self-reflection should be a priority now that he tasks himself with “advocating belief ” and “preaching”.

HTML

Relative (20)

DownLoad: Full-Size Img PowerPoint

Return

Criticism of “Belief Turn” in Life Aesthetics Proposed by Pan Zhichang

Abstract

References

Access

Article Metrics

Metrics

通讯作者: 陈斌, bchen63@163.com

Criticism of “Belief Turn” in Life Aesthetics Proposed by Pan Zhichang

HTML

目录