A new perspective on critique of contemporary capitalism:analysis of the significance of aesthetic political critique
Since the 1950s,capitalist society has developed into a consumer society and the stage of aesthetic capitalism,which has made the critique of aesthetic politics in contemporary capitalism increasingly prominent.The critique has a dual meaning of aesthetic politics and political aesthetics:aesthetics contains both the political ideals of freedom and equality and is a soft strategy of capitalist political rule as well;these two constitute the dialectics of aesthetics'negation.The critique mainly targets the body and ideology,focusing on the sensual bodily control in collusion between aesthetics,consumption,and capital,and the ideological manipulation in collusion between aesthetics and ideology.In response to the alienation caused by the dual domination of individuals'body and mind,given the faint possibility of overthrowing capitalist society through violence under current conditions,the critique proposes an aesthetic governance strategy.It is mainly manifested in three aspects:resisting the alienation caused by sensual body,uplifting the mind by aesthetics,fostering equality in aesthetic experience,and building a sensory community.Through this,aesthetics becomes a flexible force for individual liberation and social change,which serves as a critique rather than a thorough transformation of capitalist society.
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