Practice Aesthetics and its Reflection on Modernity

Those who are opposed to the practice aesthetics misunderstand the study domain of practice aesthetics, thus divorcing aesthetics from realistic society and life. Starting with the viewpoint of aesthetic centralism, they identify the subjectivity principle of modernity with individualism and sense ontology, accusing prejudicially practice aesthetics of overemphasizing certainty, materiality, society and rationality. They, thus, conclude that Practice Aesthetics is not modern aesthetics. This simple syllogism is suspicious in terms of both its premise and its conclusion. On the contrary, based on the modernity project of Marxism practical materialism, Practice Aesthetics persists in interpreting aesthetic issues with realistic society and life as its starting point, and it is opposed to the utopia illusion of the other world held by the post-practice aesthetic. Secondly, it advocates the unity of sense and reason, society and individuality, and is opposed to the radical criticism of reason initiated by post-practice aesthetics. Practice Aesthetics not only has modernity and is the authentic modern aesthetics, but as a project reflecting on modernity, it remains unaccomplished.