Deconstructing Binary Oppositional Thinking—A Critical Reflection on Past Research into Marxist Perspectives of Practice,Nature,and Aesthetics
Dialectical discourse commitments have coexisted with latent binary oppositional thinking in Marxist philosophical inquiries since the 1920s.Research on Marxist perspectives of practice,nature,and aesthetics stands out as particularly representative in this context.Under the influence of covert bi-nary oppositions obscured by dialectical discourse,Marxist views on practice,with its"subjective"and"objective"perspectives,and conceptions of nature as"in-itself"versus"humanized"and aesthetics as"intrinsic beauty"versus"beauty for us"are often reified,purified,and absolutized.This has led to a series of stubborn theoretical bottlenecks that persistently obstruct scholarly advancements.Reflecting on and critically examining these bottlenecks and the underlying modes of thought not only facilitates the resolution of long-standing,unproductive debates but also contributes to achieving a genuinely coherent and integrated contemporary Marxist philosophical system.