Investigation Of Joel Kovel’s Ecological Socialism Thought

With the rapid development of the economy and the continuous accumulation of capital,the destruction of the ecological environment has intensified.The ever-deteriorating eco-environmental problems and its solution have become major challenges that people all over the world are facing with.Under this background,there are different types of ecologists in Western academic circles,including a large number of ecological socialists.Among them,Kovel is one of the representatives of contemporary North American eco-socialism pioneering research.From the basic standpoint of Marxism,Kovel reveals the profound opposition between capital logic and ecological logic through profound analyses of the root causes of ecological crisis.At the same time,how to realize the social model of peaceful coexistence between man and nature through practicality and concrete methods-ecological socialism,conduct relatively thorough research on its related major issues,and try to establish an The ecological socialism system which is suitable for the harmonious development of man and nature.This thesis is divided into five parts: The first part introduces the formation background and research significance of Kovel’s ecological socialism,the evaluation and analyses of Kovel’s ecological socialism by domestic and foreign scholars,and the main research methods used in this thesis.In the second part,We will Know and understand the major theoretical origin of Kovel’s Ecological Socialism in two directions by combining with the background of environment worsening and environmental protection consciousness awakening and its theoretical foundation of reference and sublation.In the third part,Kovel reveals the root causes of the ecological crisis,and the profitability,anti-ecologicality,unsustainability of capitalism through his criticism of capitalism and its system.He also explains that ecological socialist society is the inevitable trend of future society through criticism of other ecological thoughts.In the fourth part,Kovel explores his concepts of ecological socialist society through three horizons : social horizon,ecological horizon,equal horizon.Meanwhile he concretely expounds the feasible way to realize ecological socialist society that a political party is established,an ecological socialist revolution is initiated,and ecological socialism is finally realized.In the fifth part,it analyzes Kovel’s ecological socialism ideology: firstly discusses his theoretical contributions and deficiencies,and then draws a conclusion that his thoughts inspires current construction of socialist ecological civilization with Chinese characteristics.Through in-depth research,Kerr way creatively explores the important guiding role of ecological socialism in the harmonious coexistence of human beings and nature,and explains the necessity and possibility of realizing ecological socialism.His ecological socialism has a positive reference for building socialist ecological civilization with Chinese characteristics.However,due to the restrictions of historical periods and social backgrounds,Kovel’s ecological socialist ideology theory has a certain degree of utopian nature,and its overall construction is still flawed,failing to surpass the historical limitations of ecological socialism.