The Environmental Philosophy Dimension Of The Condition Of Working Class In Britain

The Condition of the Working Class in Britain is an important academic work of Engels in his early days.Engels used the basic viewpoint of materialism,made a deep analysis of the capitalist economy and political system based on field investigations,He analyzed the class division brought about by the capitalist mode of production,and discussed the development of the working class with the industrial revolution Historical process.This work is a detailed account of themiserable condition of the British working class at that time,and severe charges against the bourgeoisie and capitalism.So far,The Condition of the Working Class in Britain compared with other texts of Engels the academic world has not fully interpreted.In addition to,there is even less systematic interpretation of this work from the dimension of environmental philosophy.This paper tries to expound The Condition of the Working Class in Britain for the environmental philosophy of dimensions from the four parts.The first part: It is starting from the generation of the proletariat,analysis the changes of social structure,the formation of the working class,the industrialization of the production caused by environmental degradation and pollution of the environment behind deep social historical roots and the theory root of self-interest.From the emergence of the bourgeoisie and the working class to analysis of the irreconcilable contradiction between them.Seeing the bourgeois greatly exploited the working class by its unconditional possession of natural resources.It is pointed out that the egoistic values of the bourgroise take the acquisting to money as their main purpose.At the same time,it is seeing that the basic contradictions of capitalism and the socialized mass production process have cause environmental problems.The second part: according to the narrative logic of The Condition of the Working Class in Britain,it sorts out the environmental experiences of the working class in their production and life which is the damage caused by ecological deterioration to the working class’ s production environment and the damage to the "nature" of themselves.Enumerate a large number of shocking facts from these two aspects respectively to pointed out that the capitalist mode of production which is only for profit and profit is the cause of ecological destruction and environmental deterioration.The third part: It clarifies the relations of production between the bourgeoisie and the working class and the historical relation and logical necessity between the capitalist mode of production and the environmental destruction by studying The Condition of the Working Class in Britain.The fourth part: on the basis of Engels’ description of the living conditions of the working class,starting from the interaction between man and nature,nature and society,and nature and history,Seeing the development of the Industrial Revolution has greatly changed the relationship between man and nature,man to man,human and society,it points out that the liberation of nature "follows the same road" as that of man.