Science Communication Process Analysis Of The Nature Concept In Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac

With global environment problems becoming seriously,the scholars and the public paidmore attention to the issue'how to protect the environment',and twoOpinions what were protectionism and conservationism were coming out. The opinion ofprotectionism held on that humanity took over the nature,nature was only looked as themethods and the tools for the human motive ;But the theory of conservationism insisted onthe nature own immanent value which not relying on the humanity and was for itself, theprotection of the nature was not the humanity but the nature. In Leopold's early period, hesupported the opinion of protectionism, but with the deepening practicing and promotion ofthe thought, he got to know limitation of protectionism, in the late period he converted to theopinion of conservationism.ASand Country Almanac is the crystallization of Leopold's experience, observation andreflection in his whole life. The natural views, especially the thinking of Land ethic is the firstmoral ethic theory in eastern literatures, which try to establish a complete system includingthe whole nature of the earth. The ethic theory is that looked the nature of the earth as a wholeand put it into the moral view.In this thesis, the first part introduced the Leopold's life, the primary content, thepublishing process of the book and Leopold's cognitive process about natural conception.From that we can find the changing process of his thinking. His conversation changed slowlyand thoroughly. The second part, we assayed the background of the communication about thechanging of his thinking. We also assayed the communication process in the world and inChina. Pointed out the reasons why his natural conception was hard to be accepted by social.Leopold devoted himself for the human perennial benefits. In this period, he redefinedthe relationship of the humanity and the nature, and called for the harmonious development ofthem. His conversation not only contributed to the development of world environmentalmovement since the sixties of the 20th century, but also influenced the environmentalprotection movements from all parts of the world indirectly.Studying the natural conception from A Sand Country Almanac wrote by Leopold incommunication view can supply a new view to look and solve the problems in the process ofcommunication. On the other hand, to those readers who were facing the serious of world environmental problems and economic growth in the world, the way Leopold called forecological comprehension and ethic realization could brining sympathetic response andplayed an important role.