Research On Ecological Marxism Of Andre Gorz

Ecological Marxism is one of the most influential trend of the contemporary Western Marxism, the main research contents include the relationship between man and nature, capitalism and ecological crisis, the root problem of ecological crisis and the specific ways of solving the ecological crisis, ect.In many Ecological Marxism representative, Andre Gorz is unique. In the division of labor theory, based on Marx’s theory of division of labor, Gorz regarded the capitalist labor division as the root of all alienation. In the critique of economic reason, Gorz pointed out that the people’s ideas of consumption and production was changed from “enough is good” to “the more, the better”, criticized the economic reason as the leading mode of economic development of capitalism. In the realization of ecological objectives, Gorz proposed the ecology as politics, that only the combination of ecology and politics can effectively achieve the ecological targets. In the analysis of the ecological problems on the traditional socialism, Gorz said that although the traditional socialism social’s political system is socialism, still not out of the economic reason.Gorz criticized the capitalism and traditional socialism and revealed the non-ecological nature of capitalism and traditional socialism, put forward his own ideas for the future socialism. Gorz argued that future socialism is based on ecological reason, people pursue the concept of consumption and production of the “the less, the better”, using “soft technology”, decentralization and democratization of established companies and enterprises, the relationship between man and nature can be properly handled.Gorz’s Ecological Marxism thoughts not only develops the Ecological Marxism theory, but also provides reference for the construction of socialist ecological civilization in China. It is of great theoretical significance and practical value.