Abstract:

 Practice is the hardcore of Marx' s practical materialism, and also the footstone of Marxist historical materialism. If we want to introduce this concept into aesthetics so as to establish a kind of aesthetics that takes Marxist practical materialism and its practice concept as the philosophical foundation and main viewpoint, most important is adhering to Marxist practice concept. It is under the specific historical circumstance or condition, Marx' s practice concept shapes. Its birth can be considered as an intermediate link, both "critically transforming" Hegel' s speculative philosophy and "actively abrogating" Feuerbach's philosophy. Marx' s comprehension and interpretation of the connotation of the practice concept also undergoes a process of development from spiritualism through materialism to dialectical materialism. On the one hand, Marx sees Feuerbach' s more accurateness than Hegel, that is, the principle of perceptual objectivity in materialism; and on the other hand, he also sees Hegel' s more brilliance than Feuerbach, that is, human' s action of objectivity, or, in detail, human' s subjective, active function of creating the objective world by way of awareness and practice. It is on a basis of inheriting Hegel' s labor view of spiritualism and Feuerbach' s humanistic view of materialism that Marx creates scientific practice concept of dialectical materialism. The basic difference between Marx' s practice concept and other middle class' s practice concept of philosophy should be made clearly. First, Marx' s practice concept is characteristic of direct realistic significance. Secondly, Marx' s practice concept is characteristic of pervasiveness. Thus, a summary of Marx' s practice concept can further be made as follows: (1) practice is a "revolutionary" action; (2) practice is an action of the "critical awareness"; (3) practice is a dialectic process of movement and development. Based on all these, it is inappropriate to mix Marxism with ontology and phenomenology.

Key words: Marx s view of practice, practical materialism, historical circumstance, specific provision, practical aesthetics