The Ecological Connotation Of Marx’s Critique Of Capitaland It’s Contemporary Significance

When we enjoying a high degree of material civilization,the global ecological crisis is enveloping entire planet.Delving into the ecological thought of Marx’s critique of capital theory has very vital significance to think and deal with the serious ecological problem.Along with the increasingly serious ecological crisis,the study of Marx’s critique of capital theory starts from philosophical dimension, economic dimension, and sociological dimension to ecological dimension.The ecological dimension of Marx’s critique of capital theory emphasizes the importance of ecological problem as a critique of capital dimension.Marx’s critique of capital theory opened the ecological connotation of critiquing capitalism,and revealed the inherent relationship between capital logic and ecological crisis.Marx critiques capital from the anti-ecological characteristic of capital, the use of technology under capitalist system, and the alienation consumption of capitalism.Capital represents the desire of pursuing value proliferation.Proliferation,movement and exploitation are the three basic features of capital.The anti-ecological characteristic of capital is determined by its nature of infinite proliferation.Capital tends to infinite accumulation and expansion, plundering natural resource on a global scale.However,the natural resource of our earth is limited.Therefore,the inherent contradiction between infinite expansion of capital and limited natural resource is insurmountable.Capitalism is an organization system of capital, its anti-ecological characteristic roots in the anti-ecological characteristic of capital itself.Technology and consumption are the two pillars of capital accumulation andexpansion.The use of technology under capitalist system led to unreasonable application of technology,and it became means of controlling human and nature under the domination of capital logic.The technology alienation of capitalism caused technology to dominate and plunder nature, to abuse the physical and mental of human, and to damage the material transformation between human and nature.Capitalist society not only exists technology alienation, but also exists consumption alienation.The proliferation of capital logic spawned alienation labor,and the alienation labor led to alienation consumption, thus caused the distortion of humanity and the destruction of ecological environment.Whether the excessive growth of population,the concept of controlling nature,or the abuse of technology,they are not the real root of ecological crisis.Marx identifies capital logic is the culprit of the ecological crisis,and emphasizes the fundamental way of solving the ecological crisis and realizing the liberation of human and nature is to abolish capital through capital itself and beyond capitalist system.Through excavating and interpreting the ecological connotation of Marx’s critique of capital theory,this paper shows its true face,that is,it inherently contains rich and profound ecological thought.Marx’s critique of capital theory is a combination of red and green,its internal logic is revealing the ecological problem of capitalism in the process of critiquing capitalist society.The ecological thought of Marx’s critique of capital theory is an important content of Marxism theoretical system.Marx’s critique of capital theory embodies realistic concern and practical orientation.Interpreting Marx’s critique of capital theory from ecological dimension has important theory value and practical significance.On the one hand,it helps to defend and correctly understand Marx’s theory.On the other hand, it is beneficial to the development of ecological Marxism, the reflection on ecological effect of capital’sglobal expansion, and the construction of ecological civilization with Chinese characteristics.Ecological Marxism analyzes the ecological crisis of capitalism by historical materialism approach,combines ecological crisis with capitalist system,emphasizes the importance of alliance in solving global ecological crisis, and its theoretical orientation is to realize the liberation of human and nature.However, it replaces the economic crisis with ecological crisis,denies the subject position of the proletariat and the decisive role of productivity in the process of social development,and advocates non-violent way of changing the capitalist society.Capitalism not only has the crisis of overproduction and state legitimacy, but also has the crisis of sustainable development in the process of globalization.The global ecological crisis is rooted in the global expansion of capital.The construction of ecological civilization with Chinese characteristics is a great career, it needs to start from three aspects.First of all, use, limit and beyond capital.Capital is a basic element of socialist market economy,so the use of capital is inevitable.In order to avoid the negative effect of capital,we must limit capital.Beyond capital is gradually cast off the bondage of capital logic.Secondly,develop,use and control technology.The sustainable way of production is based on the development and application of ecological technology.we must control the technology in the process of developing and applying technology,that is,eliminate the technology of waste natural resource and pollute environment,guide technology development and utilization under the values of respecting for all living things,and control the environmental impact of technology.Thirdly, stimulate, guide and regulate consumption.To stimulate consumption is the inherent requirement of meeting the needs of people and promoting economic growth.The formation of green consumption way of life needs to guide people’s consumption concept and behavior.We must regulate irrational consumption,and advocate moderate consumption,reasonable consumption and frugal consumption,so as not to let people’s consumption damage ecological environment.Only in this way,can beautiful Chinese dream achieve as soon as possible.