人类学三路向:原始审美意识何以发生

目前国内学界关于原始审美意识何以发生问题的研究,有“神话”说、“图腾”说与“巫术”说三大人类学研究路向。由于原始巫术是中国原古文化的主导文化形态,因此运用文化人类学关于巫学的观点、方法来研究中国美学之文化根性与原始审美意识何以发生,是一条最为可行而有效的学术之途。

Three Dimensions in Anthropology: How Primal Aesthetic Consciousness Originates

The present studies in the Chinese academic circle on the issue of how primal aesthetic consciousness originates has three anthropological dimensions, i.e., the theory of mythology, of totem, and of magic. Since primal magic is the main cultural morphology in Chinese ancient culture, it is a most feasible and effective academic way to study the cultural root and how primal aesthetic consciousness originates through a way of cultural-anthropological viewpoint and method on magic.