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The Reconstruction of the Ecological Values by Ecological Marxism

WANG Yuchen,WU Yanni   

  1. (College of Philosophy,Zhongnan University of Economics and Law,Wuhan 430073,China)
  • Online:2017-03-01 Published:2017-03-09

Abstract: Westernthought of “dark green”,which thinks the anthropocentrism values as the root of the contemporary ecological crisis,emphasizes that the values of ecological centrism,mainly based on the value of nature and the right of nature,can be established to solve the ecological crisis after breaking anthropocentrism values.Western thought of “light green”,pleading the values of anthropocentrism,necessarily modifies the values of modern strong anthropocentrism,and finally forms the values of modern anthropocentrism mainly based on enlightened anthropocentrism and weak anthropocentrism.The organic Marxism of western “red and green”thought criticizes the modern value system is essentially the anthropocentrism that disregards the value and the interests of non-human being,which inevitably causes the distorted relationship between human and nature and the ecological crisis.Therefore,an organic education of community values should be carried out after admitting the intrinsic value of natural beings.Criticizing the ecological values advocated by “dark green” and “light green” ideas,ecological Marxism has reconstructed the values of anthropocentrism and the values of ecological centrism.It has the essential difference from thoughts of “dark green” and “light green” that the values of anthropocentrism and the values of ecological centrism they have reconstructed are always associated with the capitalist system and its way of production.

Key words: ecological Marxism, the ecological values, anthropocentrism, ecological centrism

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