Modern Media Studies

MMS, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2025, pp.339-348.

Print ISSN: 3078-3151; Online ISSN: 3104-5049

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 DOI: Https://doi.org/10.64058/MMS.25.2.18

Local Construction and Modern Practice of “Ontological Aesthetics”— A Review of The Ontological Turn and Theoretical Form Construction of Chinese Aesthetics in the New Era

Ma Xiao（马    晓）,Wang Jin（王    进）

Abstract: Since the beginning of the new era, the “ontological turn” in Chinese aesthetics has become an established consensus within academic circles. Marx's practical ontology and Heidegger's ontological philosophy have provided crucial theoretical underpinnings for this development. In his new book, The Ontological Turn and the Construction of Theoretical Forms in Chinese Aesthetics of the New Era, Professor Jiang Fei zeroes in on the central topic of the “ontological turn” within the realm of Chinese aesthetics. By retracing the ideological origins of the “ontological turn” in Western philosophy, he reveals the influence exerted by Sartre and Heidegger on aesthetics during the new era, and meticulously analyzes the specific pathways, as well as the internal and external driving forces, of such influence. Moreover, using “ontology” as a guiding thread, Professor Jiang combs through the developmental trajectory and focal points of aesthetics in the new era. He synthesizes a multitude of aesthetic schools that have emerged since the new era began, summarizes the achievements and limitations of the “ontological turn”, and on this foundation, advocates for a modern Chinese aesthetics that is firmly grounded in the present, integrates key elements, and facilitates a seamless transition between ancient and contemporary aesthetics. 

Keywords: Jiang Fei; Practical Theory; Ontology; Chinese Aesthetics; Modernity

Author Biography: Ma Xiao, Doctoral student majoring in literary theory at the School of

Literature, Jinan university, specializes in literary theory. Email: 13452744478@163.com.Wang Jin, Corresponding author, Professor of the School of Foreign Languages, Jinan University,

Ph.D. Supervisor, Research interests: British and American literature and Western literary theory. E-mail: twangjin88@jnu.edu.cn.

标题：“存在论美学”的本土性建构与现代性实践——评江飞教授的《新时期中国美学的存在论转向与理论形态建构》

摘要：新时期以来，中国美学的“存在论”转向成为学界共识，马克思的实践存在论与海德格尔的存在论哲学为其提供了关键理论支撑。江飞教授新著《新时期中国美学的存在论转向与理论形态建构》聚焦中国美学界“存在论转向”这一核心议题，通过追溯西方哲学“存在论”转向的思想源流，揭示萨特与海德格尔对新时期美学的影响，剖析其影响的具体路径与内外动因。同时以“存在论”为线索，梳理出新时期美学的发展路径与中心，整合新时期以来众多的美学流派，总结“存在论”转向的得与失，并在此基础上呼唤一种立足当下、融合中心、实现古今转换的现代性中国美学。

关键词：江飞；实践论；存在论；中国美学；现代性

作者简介：马晓，暨南大学文学院文艺学专业博士生，研究方向：文艺理论。电邮：13452744478@163.com。王进（通讯作者），暨南大学外国语学院教授，研究方向：英美文学与西方文论。电邮：twangjin88@jnu.edu.cn。

Received: 20 Oct 2025 / Revised: 20 Oct 2025 / Accepted: 06 Nov 2025 / Published online: 30 Nov 2025 / Print published: 30 Dec 2025