Research On David Pepper's Ecological Socialism Theory

The level of productive forces of human society has experienced two industrial revolutions,and capitalist relations of production have become the main mode of economic development in the world.Capitalist production relations,although to a certain extent,enrich the number and variety of goods,but also because of the inevitable defects caused by the problems such as environmental pollution,waste of resources,ecological imbalance,in order to protect the environment is created for the purpose of western green movement,many western scholars also gradually began to concern increasingly serious ecological problems.The green movement has produced many ideas and theories,and the ecological socialism trend is also produced in this movement.David Pepper as an important representative of ecological socialism theory,through the perspective of marxist historical materialism to a severe ecological crisis in capitalism society carried on the thorough analysis,and the causes more claimed for their ecological concrete depict the blueprint of socialist society.There are many researches on eco-socialist ideology at home and abroad,but the main research Angle is the development process of ecological socialist ideological trend,Pepper analysis research,therefore,the subject of the era of ecological socialism theory and the reality background,through the perspective of marxist theory and method of thinking pepper ecological socialism theory,on the whole grasp the main content of the theory on the objective analysis is particularly important.Pepper as the main representative of ecological social ism,adhere to marxist perspective,using the analysis method of historical materialism,made clear that the root cause of the ecological crisis in capitalist society is under the capitalist system of capitalist production relations;Thinking in the process of human society forward similar relationship between natural ecological problems,pepper also firmly rejected the original old anthropocentrism and the current in the center of the western social influence of the ecological doctrine and technology center,put forward to return to the new anthropocentrism;Peper dialectically considered the realistic thinking about the effectiveness of education,and considered that the environment education was an important means to carry out ecological socialist transformation;Another important part of his theory is the depiction of the future ecological socialism blueprint,thinks the society only by means of social revolution,but the specific way of non-violence.Rely on is the power of the working class,the principle of moderate development of economy and technology become the most obvious characteristics of the ecological socialism society is able to run.In such a society,a new type of democratic politics within the country becomes the main political form,and the relationship between man and nature will be harmonious.Pepper broadens the perspective of ecological problems,deepens the criticism of the ecological marxism of capitalism and enriches the theory of ecological socialism.The theory not only helps people to develop understanding of the socialist society,and a new era of socialism with chinese characteristics under the background of globalization to promote construction of ecological civilization and realizing the harmonious between human and nature has the certain enlightenment and reference significance.