本书编者把建设一个现代形态的美学体系作为自己的努力目标。我认为,这个目标基本上实现了。它在美学原理体系的更新上取得了重要的突破,为美学新旧体系的转换作出了贡献。这本近50万字的著作,至少在三个方面给人留下了新鲜而深刻的印象。第一,提出了一个包容性比较大的新的理论构架。自1981年王朝闻主编的我国第一本美学原理教材《美学概论》问世以来,我国先后出版过十几种美学原理的专著和教材。尽管编著者的观点很不 The editor of this book regards building a modern aesthetic system as his goal. I think this goal is basically achieved. It has made important breakthroughs in the updating of the system of aesthetic principles and has contributed to the conversion of the new system of aesthetics. This book, nearly 500,000 words, gives a fresh and deep impression on at least three aspects. First, we propose a new theoretical framework that is more inclusive. Since the advent of “The Introduction to Aesthetics”, the first teaching material of aesthetics in our country, which was edited by Dynasty Dynasty in 1981, China has successively published over ten monographs and textbooks on aesthetics. Although the editor’s point of view is not