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The Critique Of "Control Nature" And The Construction Of "Harmonious Coexistence":Study On William Leiss's Eco-marxism

Posted on:2019-02-20Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:X G LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:1366330548962752Subject:Basic principles of Marxism
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Canadian scholars,William Leiss,representative of Frankfurt school,with its distinctive characteristics and forward-looking features of ecology theory,to become one of the most outstanding representatives of contemporary ecology marxism field.William rice criticized the concept of human "control nature",dialectically analyzed the science and technology,and carried out in-depth study on the social system of capitalism.The core of William Leiss 's ecological thought is to realize the unity of human social development and environmental protection under the guidance of marxism.He pointed out that the root of ecological crisis is caused by the concept of "controlling nature",while the essence of ecological crisis is the crisis of capitalist system.Therefore,to solve the ecological crisis,people need to control their desires and build a new social system.Under the guidance of marxism,we can reform the mode of production and consumption of capitalism and replace capitalism with ecological socialism.So far,in the field of ecological marxist thought,William Leiss has studied the ecological crisis the most.The criticism of the concept of "controlling nature" and the ecological construction of the concept of "harmonious coexistence" between man and nature are the main contents of the marxist thought of William Leiss.Based on the research of the above two kinds of ecology thoughts,William Leiss from a new dimension to implement environmental protection and the combination of marxism,The Times of marxism and scientific properly extension and expansion,and the ecology marxism gave to consolidate the basis of this academic field.Through literature research,multidisciplinary cross-examination and comparative analysis,this paper systematically summarizes and objectively summarizes William Leiss 's ecological marxism.It also extracts the core content of William Leiss 's best ecological marxist thought and provides some reference for the construction of ecological civilization in China.In chapter 1,the introduction of the research background of the thesis is introduced,and the significance of the research is stated.Secondly,through the analysis of domestic and foreign research status quo,we have learned the importance and academic positioning of the marxism thought of William Leiss in domestic and foreign academia.At the same time,it also introduces the research ideas and research methods of the thesis.In the end,the innovation and shortcomings of the thesis are also explained.Chapter 2 mainly summarizes the ecological marxist thought of William Leiss,which is described from three aspects: social background,ideological source and theoretical framework.First,because of the rapid development of capitalist industrialization,and this mode of production has caused great destruction to the global ecological environment.Therefore,this phenomenon directly triggered the green movement that arose in the 1960 s in response to "the emergence of ecological crisis".At the same time,western capitalist countries led by the United States and eastern European socialist countries led by the Soviet union also clashed in social ideology.These social phenomena,as well as the ecological problems caused by the post-industrial age and consumption alienation,are the social background produced by William Leiss 's ecological marxism.Secondly,the natural view of Marx and Engels,the ecological theory of the west and the social critical theory of Frankfurt school are the thoughts of William Leiss 's ecological marxism.Finally,on the issue of "ecological crisis",William Leiss believes that the root cause of this phenomenon is the concept of "controlling nature".The essence of "ecological crisis" is the irrationality of the capitalist system;In order to find a solution to the "ecological crisis",we need to control the irrational human desires and build a new social system.Chapter 3 is William Leiss 's ecological critique of human "control of nature".William Leiss first studied the concept of human "control of nature" and analyzed the purpose of human "control of nature" and the role of science and technology in this.After fully interpreting the concept of human "control nature",William Leiss carried out "historical criticism","substantial criticism" and "scientific and rational criticism".Later,she is also from William capitalist mode of production and living of the ecological crisis for more in-depth analysis and interpretation,think whether capitalist mode of production,the purpose of the production or consumption alienation,is the substantial conditions of the ecological crisis.Chapter 4 is the ecological construction of "harmonious coexistence" between man and nature by William Leiss.First,William Leiss a very in-depth analysis was carried out on the ecological crisis,ecological crisis will be broken down into "the crisis of the natural environment","social environment crisis" and "the crisis of human nature" three levels.And in dealing with these environmental problems,William Leiss believes the idea that human must be on the "control of nature" gives new meaning,and the timely transformation from rationality to the ecological rationality of science and technology,the final will be truly free nature and respect nature unity.The ecological theory of "harmonious coexistence" between man and nature is the main core of William Leiss 's ecological marxism.William Leiss believes that the concept of "harmonious coexistence" contained within the inevitability of human environment protection,and it is also necessary to build a stable normal economic,and also looking for the human's demand of alternative architecture,natural demand for humans and other meet also want to understand.Only in this way can the "harmonious coexistence" between man and nature be realized.Chapter 5 is the analysis of the marxist theory of William Leiss 's ecology.First of all,William Leiss ecology marxism,not only laid the theoretical basis of ecological marxism,also implements from the critique of science and technology to the capitalism critique towards ecology criticism.Secondly,from the perspective of the social ideology criticism,the cause of ecological crisis,to the people of ethical and moral perspective explore the outlet of the ecological crisis,William Leiss is Marx's theoretical contribution to ecology.Again,William Leiss ecology marxism has the theory of value,is the criticism of marxist alienation labor theory inherit and promote the marxist ecological critique of capitalist society and dialectically analyzes the impact of science and technology on human society.Finally,William Leiss ecology marxism also reflects the contradiction between man and nature instead of economic contradictions respectively,steady economic model to solve the fabulosity of ecological crisis,and puts forward the ecological socialism with a utopia.These defects greatly reduced the revolutionary effect of his theory.Chapter 6 is the enlightenment to the construction of ecological civilization of socialism with Chinese characteristics by William Leiss.In building a "harmonious coexistence" of man and nature under the guidance of ecology theory,the public in the environmental aspects of ideology and adapt to ecological civilization construction in our country,and on the policies of ecological civilization construction to provide effective protection.From economic model and government function,ecological civilization should be put in an important position.Moreover,as the market entity,enterprises should also assume the obligation of environmental protection in production and operation.Finally,the construction of ecological civilization requires the participation of the masses of the people.As the host of the country,the public has no doubt about the impact of the construction of ecological civilization.It is also the responsibility and obligation of every Chinese citizen to build a better country.The conclusion is mainly about the ecological marxism of William Leiss :(1)the concept of human "control nature" should be constantly revised according to the development of The Times.(2)in the treatment of science and technology,William Leiss has also carried out a very detailed dialectical analysis.(3)alienated consumption has always been an area of knowledge focused by William Leiss.(4)from the point of view of thought,the most prominent feature and flash point of the marxism thought of William Leiss is the ecological construction of "harmonious coexistence between man and nature".(5)from the perspective of academic value and contribution,the marxist ideology of William Leiss broadens new horizons and opens up new paths for contemporary marxism.
Keywords/Search Tags:William Leiss, Ecological Marxism, Control nature, Harmonious coexistence
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