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On The Thought About Justice In Ecological Marxism

Posted on:2009-04-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y X GaiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2121360242996380Subject:Marxist theory and ideological and political education
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Ecological Marxism playing an important faction in "western Marxism" is bringing more and more strong impact on contemporary world. Especially after the radical changes happening in Eastern Europe, it develops into the mainstream in "western Marxism" and represents the new developing tendency of Marxism. Many profound theoretical viewpoints which barely get people's attentions hide in the thinking system of ecological Marxism. Although Ecology Marxian carries different analyses in concrete theory, they share the same issue and studying purpose, and in their viewpoint, the growing worsen natural environment, the irreversible ecological crisis as well as the disastrous consequences caused by it make it is required in impendency and in reality to bring forward theory of ecological crisis which is a new king of crisis theory and different from the capitalist economic crisis hold by Marxism. Only when being in the ecological socialistic society which accords with the ecological developing laws, embraces the harmony between human and nature, advocates social justice, ecological crisis will be solved and avoided. The future society not only holds equality, liberty society in inner but also harmonizes with nature as a whole. The theoretical aim and realistic ideal hold by ecological Marxist lies in that people live in liberty and harmony with nature.The paper aims at comparatively popular thought of justice, applies the basic principle of historical materialism by Marxism and absorbs academic achievement of national and international to sum up, sort out and study the essential viewpoint of main thought about justice in ecological Marxism for the first time. What's more, starting with the theoretical level of Marxism, it sees about the significance and limitations of its theory in the contemporary era and hopes to provide some useful helps for the future study about justice of ecological Marxism as well as offer some guiding advice for building a socialist harmonious society. The paper consists of five parts:Part I: The theory and reality background of justice in ecological Marxism. It introduces the background, with which justice in Marxism is established, and also gives a brief introduction of head delegate in ecological Marxism's three developing stages that are "from red to green","red-green blend", and "Red-Green".Part II: On the proposal of rebuilding fair international relations. It discourses upon justice in ecological Marxism in three aspects, which include opposition of "ecological imperialism", advocating the establishment of a fair new international political and economic order and fighting against hegemonies.Part III: On proposition of building an ecological socialistic society of fairness. This part can be called a principal axis running through justice in ecological Marxism. It explores in the ecological socialism theory hold respectively by head delegate of ecology Marxism to research their main thought about justice.PartIV: On the opposition of unfair excessive consumption and advocating moderate consumption. In this part it mainly engages in building a society prone to existence hold by William Leiss, the head delegate of ecology Marxism, "alienation consumption" and the broken expectations of the Dialectics hold by Ben Aggeer and much less production, better life hold by Andre Gorz to open out expounding of justice in ecological Marxism.PartV: To comment on justice in ecological Marxism. Through analyzing the rationality and limitation of justice in ecological Marxism, it finds out the beneficial enlightenment for build our harmonious society with rejecting the dross and assimilating the essence.
Keywords/Search Tags:ecological Marxism, justice, harmonious society, enlightenment
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