Study On Ben Agger's Ecological Marxism Theory And Its Contemporary Value

The industrial development in the western capitalist countries has reached a high level in the 1960s.At the same time,serious ecological problems have appeared in the society.Facing the worsening ecological environment,people had to pay more and more attention to the ecological environment.Especially,environmental protection movement were booming after limits of growth that released by Club of Rome in 1972.Then the exploration and research of the ecological environment have become the focus of the scholars.The Ecological Marxism has gradually developed into one of the schools of Western Marxism.The Ecological Marxian commenced an Ecological Critique of capitalism.They have a profound analysis of the relationship between the capitalist system and the current ecological crisis.It is pointed out that the key to solve the ecological crisis that relies on the reform and transformation of capitalist society.They advocated the establishment of an ecological socialist society in which man and nature live in harmony.The Ecological Marxism is a new stage in the development of Western Marxism,and the achievement of further deepening criticism of capitalist society.Canadian scholar Ben Agger was praised by many scholars as the first the Ecological Marxian.He put forward the concept of "the Ecological Marxism" for the first time in his book Western Marxism:An Introduction in 1979.And the researchers regard this as the sign of entering into the field of Marxism.Based on the alienated consumption of the capitalist society,Ben Agger reconstructed the theory of capitalist crisis and put forward the solution of ecological crisis.At the same time,Ben Agger also enriched and developed the theory of ecological socialism.Ben Agger's Ecological Marxism Theory is rich and profound,which is of great reference value to the construction of socialist ecological civilization with Chinese characteristics.