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The theory of natural beauty embarks on the journey of reconstruction

From:社科报2021-8-2 14:10

In the sixth issue of Nanjing Social Sciences in 2021, Hu Youfeng wrote that after more than a century of silence, the theory of natural beauty has recently embarked on the journey of reconstruction, and its reconstruction generally follows three paths. Focusing on the "environment" dimension of nature, environmental aesthetics presents two construction methods: Conceptualism and non conceptualism. Focusing on the "ecological" dimension of nature, ecological aesthetics turns to the world outlook of ecological evolution and ecological holism, surpasses the limitation on the appreciation of local natural beauty and moves towards the ecological holistic aesthetics of nature. The third way to reconstruct the theory of natural beauty is the path of metaphysics, which regards natural beauty as a confirmation of human survival, and presents the problem of truth through natural beauty. The theoretical exploration of these three paths guides the train of thought and direction for the contemporary construction of natural aesthetics in the context of post metaphysics.