Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science) ›› 2018, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (1): 105-110.DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2018.01.016

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Criticism of Collusion Between Aesthetic Politicization and Patriarchal Ideology in the Perspective of New Leftist Feminist Aesthetics——A Commentary About Susan Sontag's Fascinating Fascism

LI Yan1, WANG Chun-fei2   

  1. (1. Foreign Studies College, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; 2. College of Liberal Arts, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China)
  • Received:2017-07-10 Revised:2017-07-10 Online:2018-01-25 Published:2018-01-19
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Abstract: With the coming of “post-theory” era, as a cultural research paradigm, post-Marxism is connected with postmodern feminist literary theory, and “new leftist feminist aesthetics” is thus derived. Based on Sontag's Fascinating Fascism, the paper explores how new leftist feminists, from the unique female perspective, reveal and criticize the collusion of aesthetic politicization and patriarchal ideology, and points out that the philosophical root of the powerful fascist aesthetics is the same philosophy advocated by Androcentrism. Sontag's “new leftist feminist aesthetics” shows unique cultural taste and pioneering aesthetic thoughts of the new leftist in the collision of aesthetics and politics. It studies politics, aesthetics and gender consciousness in the post-Marxist framework, and provides new thoughts and directions to the development of post-modern feminist philosophy. New leftist feminist aesthetics has important academic meaning in expanding the Marxist contemporary domain, while is of significance in alerting various new totalitarianisms.

Key words: aesthetic politicization, Susan Sontag, new leftist feminist aesthetics, post-Marxism

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