From "Capital Logic" To "the Logic Of Life"

The relationship between man and nature is old and always new. Since the industrial civilization, humanity created great material results by their wisdom. However, while enjoying brilliant achievement, they paid heavy environmental price-Fundamental confrontation between man and nature, and serious ecological crisis. In the context of globalization, this costs has been a serious threat to the foundations of human existence, this aggravated situation also force all fields to study and discuss environmental issues, reflect the form of economic activity.Japanese scholar Yan zuomao is a Marxist theorists who studies environmental thought by practicing environmental protection. He in-depth study on environmental ideology of Marx and Engels, and think deeply about capitalist countries, mainly Japan's pollution and environmental issues, to form his own environmental philosophy and theoretical system. In China, scholars study Yan zuomao's theoretical by translating his work, but specific research on his environmental thought are seldom. His core ideology is, critically reflect on environmental predatory production and way of life in contemporary capitalist society, reveal the root causes of contemporary environmental issues-"capital logic" throughout the capitalist society, thus propose the fundamental solution-establishing eco-socialism. As the industrial pollution, Japan has studied and discussed environmental issues from the 60s of last century. In all the research activities on environment, Marxist research in Japan occupies an important position, injects some important points for the Japanese environment. Yan zuomao research the environment who's combined environmental philosophy with the Marxist ideology. It not only take Japan environmental thought to a new level, but endow Marxism contemporary significance. Studying environmental thought of Yan zuomao is very important for us to understand current environmental issues, it has positive value in theory and practice for us to react environmental issues and people's own, to enhance awareness, to formulate environmental policy. Environmental philosophy is the philosophical basis of ecological civilization, so researching Yan zuomao's environmental philosophy has a far-reaching theoretical and practical significance for our ecological civilization construction. This dissertation trying to systematic elaborate about Yan zuomao's environmental thought "from discard capital logic to establish the logic of life ".The dissertation includes three parts. Part one is a summary of Yan zuomao's environmental thought, main narrate and introduce its origin, sources, and basic views; part two main outlines the thought from the "capital logic" to the "logic of life" in Yan zuomao's horizon, it means how to criticize the capital logic and how to propagate the logic of life on environmental issues; the third part is evaluative discourse about Yan zuomao's environmental thought, which comprises of three aspects. Firstly, Yan zuomao has developed and deepen of the classical Marxism's ecological view, and his thought of the defect; Secondly, the author compared it with ecological Marxist theory; Finally, the dissertation proposes its enlightenment for our ecological civilization and to note some of the problems.