美学与艺术也是一种生产力

人们对"生产力"的认识,是随着人类文明的发展和产业结构的调整而不断深入的。在以农、林、牧、渔为代表的第一产业占主导地位的前工业时代,人的体力和经验是最为重要的生产力要素;在以机器制造业为代表的第二产业占主导地位的工业时代,科学和技术跃居于生产力要素的首位;而在以服务业为代表的第三产业占主导地位的后工业时代,美学和艺术作为生产力的要素也便具有了越来越重要的地位。这种新的生产力要素主要是通过三种途径加以实现的:首先是制造直接用于审美欣赏的精神产品,其次是这种产品的衍生物,最后是实用产品中的审美附加值。

Aesthetics and Arts Are Also a Kind of Productivity

People's understanding of "productivity" deepens with the development of human civilization and adjustment of industrial structure.Physical labor and experience were the most important factor of productivity in the pre-industrial era when the first industry,represented by agriculture,forestry,stock raising and fishing,dominated;science and technology became the No.one factor of productivity in the industrial era when the second industry,represented by machinery manufacture,led the way;aesthetics and art as factors of productivity are getting more and more important in the postindustrial era when the third industry,represented by services,dominates.The new factors of productivity function mainly in three ways:first producing mental products directly for aesthetic appreciation,second the derivatives of the products,and last aesthetic additional value in practical products.