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An Analysis Of Foster's Ecology Marxism

Posted on:2018-10-07Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X L KongFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330518491664Subject:Marxist philosophy
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At present, the deterioration of the ecological environment has become one of the main reasons hindering the development of human society. How to solve the ecological crisis has become a hot topic for scholars at home and abroad. Ecological Marxism is a combination of ecology and Marxism. Which has both the theoretical quality of Marxism,but also concerned about the current ecological reality is to solve the ecological crisis of the important theoretical basis.John Bellamy Foster is an outstanding representative of the Marxist theory of research ecology in North America and the world. Through his study of the classic works of Marxism, he found the ecological thoughts embedded in Marxist theory and reconstructed Marx The theory of "Metabolic rift", summed up the capitalist system is caused by Metabolic rift reason, criticized the capitalist system to solve the ecological crisis of various illusions, put forward the specific path to solve the ecological crisis.This article takes Marxist philosophy as the basic standpoint, takes the Foster ecology Marxism theory as the research content, through the research to Foster ecology Marxism theory, tries to reveal the contemporary significance of this theory to the construction of our country socialism ecological civilization, So as to better understand and solve the global ecological crisis.Firstly, this paper combs the realistic background of Foster's ecology Marxism theory and expounds the ideological source of Foster's ecological Marxist theory. Secondly, the main content of Foster's ecological Marxist theory is demonstrated: through the study of Foster's theory of "Metabolic rift", the capitalist system is the ultimate cause of the ecological crisis; Crisis and various fantasies, and points out the essence of anti-ecology of capitalism. Through the elaboration of ecological revolution theory, the object, main body and goal of ecological revolution are determined. Thirdly, from the perspective of Marxist philosophy, Foster's ecological Marxism is rethought, and Foster's theory of "Metabolic rift" is reconstructed by Foster to expose the root of ecological crisis and demonstrate the necessity of ecological revolution.Theoretical contribution, criticized Foster's lack of holistic research on Marxist theory, and did not put forward the concrete implementation strategy for ecological revolution and the theory itself has certain utopian theory. Finally, it demonstrates the contemporary enlightenment of Foster's ecological Marxist theory, and puts forward some reasonable suggestions to solve the global ecological crisis and construct the socialist ecological civilization.
Keywords/Search Tags:Foster, Ecology, Ecology Marxism, "Metabolic rift" theory
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