ABSTRACT We are living through a time when simplistic notions of good/bad, right/wrong, and us/them, have come to dominate our encounters with each-other and our planet. Against this ‘persecutory’ backdrop, this paper considers the promise of a more relational and mutually supportive way of living. Introducing Aesthetic Critical Realism (ACR), I present a laminated explanation of ‘aesthetics in a persecutory time’. This is founded on our capacity for aesthetic experience (the emergent experience of being-in-relation with the natural necessity of the world); doing art (giving shareable form to our aesthetic experiences); and caring for culture (as our system(s) of value recognition). Far from being of interest only to artists and the arts, ‘aesthetic reason’ bridges theoretical (scientific/philosophical), practical (political/ethical) and productive (creative/artisanal) knowledge. In living ‘artfully’ we both ‘give and get recognition’, and this is a requirement for human flourishing.

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迫害时期的美学：介绍美学批判现实主义

摘要我们生活在这样一个时代，即好/坏，对/错以及我们/他们的简单化概念主导了我们与彼此以及我们与地球的相遇。在这种“迫害”的背景下，本文考虑了一种更具关系性和相互支持的生活方式的希望。在介绍美学批判现实主义（ACR）的过程中，我对“迫害时代的美学”作了分层的解释。这是基于我们的审美经验能力（与世界自然需求相关的新兴经验）；做艺术（为我们的审美经历提供可共享的形式）；和关心文化（作为我们的价值识别系统）。“审美理性”绝不仅是艺术家和艺术所感兴趣的，它还是理论（科学/哲学）之间的桥梁，实践（政治/道德）和生产（创意/手工）知识。在“巧妙地”生活中，我们都“给予并获得认可”，这是人类繁荣的要求。