“Replacing Religion with Aesthetic Education”: On Cai Yuanpei’s View of Modern Civilization
August 12, 2024 11:22 Source: Chinese Social Sciences Magazine Author: Qu Jingdong

  Bet365 lotto review The transformation of modern Chinese thought,Inseparable from the background of civilization theory。How to start from tradition,Compare the structural changes in the relationship between politics and religion in the West,Is the core area where ideas arise and clash。Kang Youwei established "Confucianism" based on the theory of the Three Dynasties of Spring and Autumn Period,Make the world of Datong have the ultimate meaning;Yan Fu established "group science" based on the scientific theory of evolution,Reaching the "unbelievable" artistic conception in his later years,All are the meanings in the title。Cai Yuanpei is deeply influenced by Kant、Schiller Inspiration,Proposed “replacing religion with aesthetic education”,Aim to General Knowledge、Will and emotion are integrated into the aesthetic dimension,In the modern world where people and history face each other,Construct a reality and dream、Investment and detachment、Pain and happiness、Anxiety and comfort、The dual relationship between self and non-self。Starting from "emotional transfer",Suggested "the beautiful one",The pleasure of pursuing transcendence,It is a universal conclusion,There is no rule but there is no rule,It is something that is inevitable without concept”,Thus incorporating aesthetics into various fields of knowledge and disciplines,And the multiple dimensions of ethics and politics,Beyond the vision of Mr. De and Mr. Sai,To realize the great achievement of human nature。In comparison,Wang Guowei Ze takes Nietzsche、Schopenhauer’s thought path,Based on "tragedy theory" and "realm theory",Use aesthetics to govern intelligence and morality,Proposed to transcend science and politics,The future path of returning to humanistic tradition。The aesthetic education thoughts of Wang Guowei and Cai Yuanpei,Both old and new、Strive to find an overall construction of the modern development of Chinese civilization between ancient and modern times and China and the West。

 Keywords:Cai Yuanpei Wang Guowei aesthetic education religion civilization

  AuthorQu Jingdong,Professor of the Department of Sociology, Peking University (Beijing 100871)。

Editor: Zhang Jing
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