The Study On David Pepper’s Ecological Marxism

After the industrial revolution,The level of social productivity in countries around the world has increased dramatically,with the rapid growth of economy,The global ecological environment has become increasingly serious at the same time.David Pepper as the leader of the mature stage of Ecological Marxist theory,In his works,he systematically expounded his ecological Marxist thought.,analyzed the ecological crisis of capitalism from the ecological perspective and tried to put forward the practical path of constructing ecological socialism.Ecological Marxism is one of the frontier areas of Marxist theoretical research and represents the new development direction of Marxist theory research.Studying the thoughts of David Pepper can help enrich our understanding of Marxist ecological thought and deepen our understanding of the essence of Capitalism.The new anthropocentrism advocated by pepper helps us to understand the relationship between man and nature correctly,At the same time,as a developing country,China needs to alert the ecological tendency of imperialism,avoid pollution after the first development path,refused to pay for the destruction of the environment in the developed countries,the study of the theory has important significance to realize the current China’s ecological civilization construction and green development.This paper analyzed David Pepper’s ecological Marx ideology,briefly reviewed the background,significance and research status at home and abroad,examined the foundation of the era and the theoretical basis of Pepper’s theory.By discussing Pepper’s critique of ecocentrism,ecological anarchism,and technology centeredism,it is clear that it insists on the value orientation of anthropocentrism.,Pepper combining the theory of labor value,competition and productivity,the alienation between man and nature,revealed the capitalist system is the root cause of ecological crisis,stressing the need to alert the tendency of ecological imperialism,he hope to build a democratic and just ecological socialism.Simultaneously,this paper systematically analyzes the basic characteristics of Pepper’s ecological adherence to Marxist theory,demonstrated its adhere to Marxist standpoint,pay attention to using the historical materialism method,and in the dialectical relationship between nature and society,Pepper maintains Marx’s insistence on human subject status.At last,this paper evaluates the advantages and limitation of pepper’s ecological marxist theory.According to the current situation of ecological civilization construction in China,it is necessary to explore the significance of pepper’s thought.The innovation of this article,on the one hand is the research content,carefully analyses the persistence of the anthropocentrism in pepper’s writings,he attaches great importance to the people’s subjectivity,deepen the understanding of Marxist dialectical relationship between human and nature.In addition,this paper focuses on the analysis of Pepper’s insistence on the basic characteristics of Marxism,which is a supplement to domestic research.On the other hand on the research methods,this paper focuses on using the unity of history and logic method,deepen the understanding of pepper ecological Marxism theory in the background of the global ecological crisis,clarify its criticism of the capitalist system and the persistence of the anthropocentrism.Based on the current status of China’s ecological civilization construction,in the face of high environmental pressure,we must implement the concept of green development and adhere to sustainable economic development.We need to achieve a balance between economic interests and environmental protection,adhere to the people-centered value pursuit and strive to promote social justice.