这本书要谈的不是如何消除孤独，而是如何完成孤独，如何给予孤独，如何尊重孤独。蒋勋以美学家特有的思维和情感切入孤独，融个人记忆、美学追问、文化反思、社会批判于一体，创造了孤独美学：美学的本质或许就是孤独。" """Loneliness of desire"" is beastlike impulsive in the cruel youth time. ""Loneliness of language"" is when everybody is speaking noisily and no one listens to you. ""Loneliness of revolution"" is ambition ends in vain. ""Loneliness of violence"" is hidden in the nature of humanity. ""Loneliness of thoughts"" is something indescribable. ""Loneliness of ethic"" is binding and being bound in the name of love.
This book tells not to eliminate loneliness, but how to complete, offer and respect loneliness. With the unique thoughts and emotions of an aesthetician, Jiang Xun creates loneliness aesthetics with personal memory, questioning of aesthetics, cultural reflection and social criticism-the nature of aesthetics may be loneliness. "
