Analyzation Of Ecological Historical Materialism View Of Jonathan·Hughes

Jonathan·Hughes is a significant scholar of contemporary analyzation Marxism school,with the position of director of London Gill university research center currently.The researching ranges of Jonathan·Hughes contains experience theory?methodology ?norm of morality theory.The written book <Ecology and Historical Materialism> of Jonathan·Hughes on the basis of his doctoral degree essay himself,through reunscrambling classic writings of Marxism historical materialism,explaining theoretical thinking about environmental problems,the book adopts the method of analyzation conducting rethinking and reconstructing ecological implications of Marxism historical materialism with applying the methodology individualism,and with advancing a theory by the aid of the method of analyzation,especially the method of function interpretation to Marxism historical materialism.,which is the new expansion of researching field of Marxism.In the 21 st century,the financial crises that have swept the globe have cause a great clamour,with the results of economy desolation?ecology enviroment becoming more abominable ? capitalism society developing rapidly ? socialism nations being turbulent and being in turmoil ?ecological environment becoming more abominable.Some western ecological & environmental theorists regard Marxism outlated,and regard that Marxism has not definitely mentioned to the root — source of environmental problems emerging and the ways to solve it,which is unable to cope with it.Towards this kind of consensus,Jonathan·Hughes indicates in the beginning of< Ecology and Historical Materialism>that“This book is attempting to guard some core points of views(these problems constitute historical Materialism),and to oppose the public condemnations of enviromental protectors to historical materialism.This book is attempting to excavate the implications of historical materialism involving in ecology.”Marx himself dosen't give the explicit definitions of ecology,which has been as the point of penetration by Jonathan · Hughes,and he has firstly clarified the ecological and enviromental problems combined with the comparative analyzation methods;renovates the studying methodology and the way of explanations;elaborates the cognitions that the dependence of humanbeings on nature is the core contents of historical materialism;constructs the mutual dependence relationships principles of historical materialsm between human and nature;makes the annotations to determine the nature of the relationship between the both of the development of productivity and ecological protection,replies the criticizations of ecological theoreticians towards Marxism historical materialism,and expand the related theories of Marxism on the ecological dimension.Proceeding from differentiation and analyzation of Marxism historical materialism conceptional connotations?renovations of methodlogy?the constructions and expansions of researching contents,the analyzation and reconstruction of Jonathan·Hughes to historical materialism have formed a comparatively holonomic and systematic theory system.Although still do exist there some confinations in his theory,but one point undeniable is,Jonathan·Hughes has enriched and developed ecological theories of Marxism historical materialism,and has opened a new angle of vision for studying historical materialism related theories.