Research On David Harvey’s Capitalist Ecological Critical Thought

"Ecology" is a major theme in the current critical research of Western Marxist capitalism.As a world-renowned neo-Marxist scholar,David Harvey based on the basic Marxist standpoint,embedding space in the field of ecological criticism,and opening up the spatial dimension of capitalist ecological criticism.He not only revealed various ecological problems of capitalism,analyzed the roots of these ecological problems,but also explored the solutions to these ecological problems.His ecological critical thinking presents the theoretical characteristics of space,difference and dialectics,and provides some reference for the construction of ecological civilization in our country.Firstly,the thesis sorts out the origins of Harvey’s capitalist ecological critical thinking.In the 1960 s,Western theoretical circles formed a trend of thought of "spatial turning".Harvey was deeply influenced by this trend of thought,and gradually shifted from positivist geography to western neo-Marxist geography,and launched a spatial critique of capitalism.As the relationship between capital and space becomes closer and closer,the relationship between man and nature is undergoing profound changes.Harvey thoroughly digs into the space theory and ecological thought in the classic Marxist works,draws on the Whitehead process philosophy and the ecological view of the neo-Marxist urban school,and examines the capital based on "historical-geographical materialism" and "the dialectics of social and environmental changes" The issue of ecological ecology has opened up a new dimension of capitalist ecological criticism.Secondly,the thesis explains the basic content and logical structure of Harvey’s capitalist ecological critical thinking.First,Harvey deeply criticized various Western trends of thought in ecological politics;Second,Harvey revealed the ecological imperialism problems caused by the unbalanced development of capitalism,the ecological environment problems that emerged in the process of capitalist urbanization,and the spatial homogenization of capital space production;Third,Harvey conducted an in-depth analysis of the root causes of capitalist ecological problems from the perspectives of evaluating natural monetary standards,capital and natural unitary ecosystems,and capital’s spatial production;Fourth,Harvey tried to explore a path of cracking with the purpose of space,difference and dialectics by constructing a "web of life" and using "the dialectics of social and environmental change",combining the ecological movement with the socialist movement,and striving to achieve ecological Interactive coupling of planning and socialism.Finally,the thesis evaluates and analyzes Harvey’s capitalist ecological critical thinking.Harvey’s characteristic capitalist ecological critical thinking bridges the "spatial aphasia" of capitalist ecological criticism and ecological construction,broadens the research boundary of ecological politics,and demonstrates the contemporary nature of Marxist ecological thinking,which is important for the construction of ecological civilization in my country.Certain enlightenment and reference.However,he was born in geography and tried to reinterpret Marxism with the research methods of geographic space,which led to his misunderstanding of Marxist view of nature,unable to grasp the charm of the ecological dimension of historical materialism,and failed to learn from capitalist private ownership.Starting to analyze the root causes of the ecological crisis of capitalism,the planning of ecological socialism is only a general investigation,lacking specific practical directions,and it is a utopian social ideal.