Peking University, China Renmin University, Nankai University, Shanxi University, Heilongjiang University, Tongji University, Beijing Normal University, Capital Normal University and beijing international studies university all have this major in aesthetics.

Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy.

Aesthetics is one of the subordinate disciplines of philosophy, and this major belongs to philosophy. Learning aesthetics well requires a solid philosophical foundation and artistic accomplishment. It is both a speculative subject and a perceptual subject. Aesthetics is closely related to literature and art, psychology, linguistics, anthropology, mythology and other disciplines.

The concept of aesthetics was first put forward by the German philosopher Baumgarden in 1750. He believes that art needs a proper place in the philosophical system, so he established a discipline to study perceptual knowledge and called it "aestheticism".

Aesthetics is a discipline that studies the aesthetic relationship between man and the world, that is, the object of aesthetic research is aesthetic activities. Aesthetic activity is a life experience activity with the image world as the object, and it is also a spiritual and cultural activity of human beings.

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The development of aesthetics in China:

In 1950s and 1960s, there was an academic discussion about the essence of beauty in China.

Among the aesthetic types based on the essence of beauty, exploring the essence of beauty has become the basic project to rebuild China's early aesthetic system.

This discussion has drawn four views: 1, objectivism: beauty is objective, represented by Cai Yi; 2. Subjective school: beauty is subjective, represented by Gao Ertai and Lu Ying; 3. Unity of subject and object: beauty is the unity of subject and object, represented by Zhu Guangqian; 4. Socialism: Beauty is the unity of objectivity and sociality, represented by Li Zehou.

These four viewpoints contend with each other, from the debate in the 1950s to the aesthetic upsurge in the 1980s, which is the continuation of the debate among these four schools and the systematization of all schools. The practical aesthetics represented by Li Zehou has become the mainstream of China's aesthetics.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Aesthetics (two disciplines of China philosophy)