Research On Ben Ager's Thought Of Ecological Socialism

Ecological Marxism is an important school of Western Marxism.As one of the main representatives of Ecological Marxism,Based on the framework of Marxist theory,Ben Agger inherites and develops the spirits of Frankfurt school's critical theory,and thus put forward the ecological socialism thought through analyzing the reality of development of western capitalist society.The analysis of Ben Ager's thought of ecological socialism of capitalist ecological crisis is profound,and also provide us with a train of thought for solving environmental problems,has an important enlightening significance for the construction of ecological civilization in China.The paper begins with the social and historical backgrounds of Agger's ecological socialism thought,focuses on the realistic basis,thinking power,specific ideas for the future eco-socialist society,through evaluation and analysis,the theoretical value and practical significance of this thought.Paper is divided into four parts: the first part is "introduction" : it introduces the background and significance of the topic,research methods and objectives as well as innovation and deficiencies;The second part analyzes the historical background of Agger's ecological socialism thought.In the 1970 s,with the development of capitalist industrial civilization,ecological crisis is becoming more and more serious,which aroused people's consciousness to protect the environment,ecological movement and green politics will rise;at the same time,the traditional drawbacks of the Soviet Socialist Model appeared,inspired western marxists to explore a new road of socialism,and it is the realistic basis of Agger's ecological socialism thought.And the theoretical origin is mainly embodied as Marx's ideology on the relationship between human and nature and Marcuse,William Leiss related thoughts.The third part is the main content of Agger's ecological socialism thought.After the analysis of the capitalist society,Agger believes that the ecological crisis instead of the economic crisis has become the main crisis of capitalism,and that the alienation of consumption is the root causes of ecological crisis,therefore it must pass the dialectic of shattered expectation to awaken people for social transformation,the change of economy model is the implementation of steady economy of small scale production,the political goal is to build an non-totalitarian society,which direct management of workers in politics.The fourth part is the evaluation of Agger's ecological socialism thought: this thought not only enriches Marx's alienation theory,deepen the understanding of the capitalist crisis theory,and give people a new idea for the future of society has brought profound enlightenment;the limitations and shortcomings of Ager's ecological socialism thought,mainly to avoid the basic the contradiction of the capitalist society,and this requires us to use the basic principle and method of Marx's theory of critical analysis.In a word,Ager's ecological socialism thought has important enlightenment for us to build a socialist harmonious society and ecological civilization construction.