西方社会政治意识过滤的艺术之维--在法兰克福学派的视野中

法兰克福学派的主要理论家们不仅秉承卢卡奇的观点,提出高雅文化对政治现实的超越的否定向度,而且进一步认为这种否定向度在于其人文理性,它具有人的解放的政治意蕴,集中体现为艺术的美学形式.但是在今天这种高雅文化的超越性政治功能受到了清洗,人类并没有随着历史的进步而实现自己的自由和政治解放,而是进一步在精神和艺术的领域被控制.该学派对高雅文化所做的政治剖析,无论对西方社会政治现实的认识,还是对我们精神文明的建设,都具有重要的理论价值.

The Frankfurt School's Political Anatomy of the Decline of the Humanistic Sense in Elitist Culture

This paper uncovers the Frankfurt School's political anatomy of the decline of the sense of humanity in elitist culture and points out that the major theorists of this school not only inherit Lukacs's ideas, but also hold that the sense of humanity in elitist culture is a denial of the political reality which has the political meaning of the human's liberation. But now the political function of denial of the political reality in elitist culture is got rid of. This paper maintains that Frankfurt school's political analysis of elitist culture is important for our understanding of the Western political society and the strengthening of the spiritual civilization.