我们可以在诸多具体现象层面上描述新世纪美学精神的演变,但我更愿意抓出居于这类描述之上的一条根本线索。这便是:整体上而言,世界范围内的美学正在由侧重视觉、听觉的传统向侧重嗅觉、触觉尤其是味觉的晚近格局演进。之所以是积极的演进而不仅止于事实的演变,乃是因为视听觉作为典型的间离性感觉,每每以思维为媒触,将美学的旨趣引向心脑,后三种人的感觉尤其是味觉则在批 We can describe the evolution of the aesthetics of the new century on many concrete phenomena, but I prefer to find a fundamental clue that lies above this kind of description. This is: On the whole, worldwide aesthetics is evolving from a late-pattern focusing on the sense of smell and touch, especially taste, from the tradition of focusing on vision and hearing. The reason why it is a positive evolution rather than a mere evolution of facts is that audiovisual perception, as a typical dissociative feeling, often uses thinking as a medium to direct the aesthetics to the mind. The latter three people especially feel Is the taste of the batch