Eco-crisis And Spiritual Salvation

From the 1970's onwards, Eco-thoughts have flooded in every-fields of human culture. In the meantime, the Eco-rush rose in literature and literary criticism, which eventually took up the peak in academic research. This essay intends to probe into the thoughts and works of Dostoevsky from a brand new perspective, eco-ethic criticism, in the hope of unveiling Dostoevsky's previously unknown eco-sophy. This thesis is composed of three parts. The first part is prolegomenon, simply summing up the origin and development of eco-criticism and pointing out the meaning in look into Dostoevsky and his works from the angle of eco-criticism. The second part is the main part. It's composed of four chapters. Chapter 1, clarifying the relationship between the eco-crisis and spiritual crisis, points out that the eco-crisis in the Dostoevsky's works is actually the spiritual crisis of human being. Chapter 2 probes deeply into the content and essentials of Dostoevsky's eco-sophy. Chapter 3 probes comprehensively into the relationship between Dostoevsky's eco-sophy and the traditional Muscovite culture, Orthodox Church and philosophy. Chapter 4 points out the impact of Dostoevsky's eco-sophy on the intellectual circle and society in his time and its modern significations. It is also pointed out that limits are not immune from Dostoevsky's eco-sophy. The last part is a conclusion. It sums up the whole essay and points out that Dostoevsky's eco-sophy can provide us with invaluable intellectual resources on how we can eliminate the eco-crisis and restore the balance of spiritual ecology of human being.