Research On The Political Ecological Thoughts Of Gorz

As an important representative of Gorz’s thought,political ecology is an important culture for understanding the ecological civilization theory of Western Marxism,analyzing the ecological crisis in the post-industrial era of capitalism,and thinking deeply about the way of human existence in the post-modern situation,which also considered as an cultural focus and theoretical window.In addition,the richness and diversity of Gorz’s theoretical origins have highlighted the necessary theories for adhering to the uniqueness and originality of Marxist theory,the continuity and uniqueness of Western Marxist theory,and the study of his political ecology thoughts seems meaningful and also has practical value.If existentialism is the original starting point of Gorz’s thought,it means that it has brought the issue of "man’s existence" into its own theoretical horizon and as the fundamental starting point of its own philosophical thinking,then the globalization brought about by environmental pollution the frequent outbreaks of ecological crises continued to add a realistic dimension to Gorz’s ideological innovation and theoretical exploration.Therefore,the logical starting point of political ecology is at least based on the theoretical cornerstones of ecology and existentialism.From the perspective of his life background,the existential anxiety that permeated the society after World War II made Gorz see the existential crisis under the illusion of "post-industrial society",and the split and alienation of existence under false desires,so he strived to under the logic of existentialism,we should respond to the problems of the times in the original sense,so as to find a way out for people in the ecological crisis to live better and become more meaningful existence.Based on this,ecology had to enter and became an important theoretical vision of Gorz.In addition,on the one hand,Gorz adhered to and inherited the theoretical tradition of Western Marxism,absorbed and innovated the theory of ecological Marxism;on the other hand,under the influence of Sartre,he adhered to the theories and methods of Marxism.Trying to use the theoretical weapons of political economy to analyze the ecological crisis of capitalism,explore the realistic path to realize the free development of people,and construct an idealized ecological socialism picture.In general,Gorz’s theoretical logic of political ecology is drawn from the interweaving of existentialism,ecology and Marxism.Following this theoretical logic,Gorz’s political ecology’s theoretical implications had gradually been enriched and revealed.He took economic rationality,scientific and technological rationality,and ecological rationality as his own critical targets and theoretical focus,and gradually and completely constructed political ecology.The main theoretical connotation of thought,taking the comprehensive criticism of economic rationality as the basis of his own criticism,Gorz focused on analyzing why the advent of rational myth led to the self-rebellion of enlightenment and transformation into myth,and profoundly clarified the transformation of human existence under economic rationality.A one-dimensional "economic man" with no more than complete development.Regarding science and technology that are constantly assigned ideological functions as a political framework,Gorz revealed how science and technology performed the ideological control function and assimilation means by releasing "soft technology" and "hard technology" in the choice and game How to maximize the nature of “fascism” through science and technology,so as to bring human society into the abyss of ecological crisis step by step.Based on this,Gorz pointed out that only by rebuilding the solid cornerstone of ecological rationality could human society have the hope of moving towards ecological socialism,that is,reflecting on how modernization could get out of the prison of irrationality,and focusing on,examining and recognizing from a political perspective.Only under the premise of thinking about the nature and development of the ecological crisis,it could be possible to outline a clear path and blueprint for the future.By revealing the implication of Gorz’s political ecology thought,we can discover the theoretical characteristics gradually emanating from his thoughts,namely,his concern for freedom,analysis of the causes of ecological crisis,and redeem the historical subject of ecological crisis.Judging from the critique of the freedom and freedom of capitalism,Gorz analyzed the logic of capital and the nature of profit-seeking,which led to the self-rebellion of the development path,and found that through "heteronomy" to "autonomy",ecological political social management can be realized the new transformation of “self-sufficiency” and the introduction of “self-restriction” would be a new plan for the governance of ecological politics.From the perspective of the causes of the capitalist ecological crisis,Gorz emphasized that it has undergone a rapid shift from the field of production to the extreme of consumption,which is related to "manufacturing scarcity","abundant poverty","control",and "consumption alienation" such behavioral phenomena are closely related.Judging from the analysis of the social subject of saving the ecological crisis,Gorz believes that the myth of subjective rationality has fallen to the altar,and the working class is also in the dilemma of dissolving in capitalist society as a whole,and they are about to leave the stage of history.The new "non-class-non-subject" is becoming the best choice for building ecological socialism.Faced with such a situation of existence and the demise of the subject,Gorz proposed his strategic blueprint and practical concept of how to realize ecological socialism.The important pillars supporting the realization of this blueprint are labor strategy,educational reform and ecological rationality reshaping.Gorz tried to rescue the alienated worker who were trapped in labor peaks and the dominance of science and technology,tried to explain the secrets of capitalist alienation education and the colonization of the life world,reminding workers that education should undergo drastic changes,open to free and comprehensive practice,and finally constructing ecological socialism in the construction and promotion of ecological rationality,in order to complete the ultimate goal ideal of remediation of ecology.Through the study of Gorz’s ecology political ideology and theory is not difficult to find,the idea is a certain research value and dig deep implication.But its theoretical limitations are also clear,for example,the misunderstanding of the Marxist economic crisis theory leads to the failure to use Marxist historical analysis and class analysis methods well,and the failure to reach a high degree of theoretical recognition of the practical methodology and scientific truth theory will inevitably affect the practical effect.Therefor as a typical left-wing theorists Gorz also inevitably have the theoretical style of "opening high and going low" which most Western Marxist theorists generally have.In this sense,the construction of socialist ecological civilization with Chinese characteristics has completed the realistic transcendence of Gorz’s political ecological thoughts,with top-down design to actual advancement,realizing the bottom-up theoretical advocacy which can not be put into practice by Gorz’s political ecological thoughts.