Analysis On Marx And Engels’ Ideology Of Constructing Ecological Civilization And Its Sinified Application

The environmental and ecological issues were far less sever in Marx and Engels’ time thanit currently is. Their sharp instinct, however, enabled them to recognize the importance ofenvironmental and ecological issues. Even though the concept of ecological civilization is notdirectly pointed out in Marx and Engels’ work, an abundant deep ideology has been displayedbetween the lines. Marx and Engels accused capitalism for the deterioration of environmentaland ecological issues. They then pointed out that transformation of current production methodand social system is the fundamental way to solve the problem, thus demonstrated the superiorityof communist system. Marx and Engels’ opinions on dialectical relationship between humanityand the nature, nature humanization, preexistence and subjectivity principles, rational regulationon material conversion and recycling wasted material, human-nature and human-humanreconciliation, transformation of production method and social systems are important guidelineson methodology of constructing ecological civilization of socialism with Chinese characteristics.This article aims at organizing and concluding the connotation of Marx and Engels’ ideology ofecological civilization from six different aspects, reviewing the process of China’s practicalexploration and theory establishment in the process of constructing ecological civilization sincethe founding of the country. Then finally, it discusses about the guiding effect and profoundinfluence of Marx and Engels’ ideology of constructing ecological civilization to China’secological civilization construction.