Contemporary Western Marxist theories generally attach importance to the elaboration of the interactive relationship between aesthetics and politics,among which several groups of concepts formed by the combination of"aesthetics"and"politics"are the most representative,reflecting different methodological approaches,value orientations,and theoretical interests within Western Marxist aesthetics."The aestheticization of politics"specifically refers to the practice criticized by Benjamin of using aesthetic works and images to construct totalitarian ideology."The politicization of aesthetics"not only refers to Benjamin's own religious-tinged resistant politics conducted through avant-garde art forms,but also encompasses a series of aesthetic theories later advocated by the Frankfurt School that examine the deep connections and opposing complementarity between aesthetics and socio-cultural politics."Political aesthetics"signifies the multicultural political critique derived from Marx and his successors,emphasizing the intervention and critical function of aesthetic art,exposing and confronting ideological illusions,and achieving social change and human liberation."Aesthetic politics"emphasizes the crucial role of aesthetics in unifying sensibility and rationality and realizing the comprehensive development of human nature,while constructing an ideal polity based on aesthetic ideas.Clarifying these concepts is conducive to eliminating terminological confusion and facilitating the translation,introduction,and interpretation of Western Marxist aesthetics.
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