On James O’connor’s Ecological View And Its Realistic Implications

After World War II,the destruction of the ecological environment caused by the development of the capitalist economy became more and more serious.Some scholars combined ecology and Marxism to try to solve the ecological crisis,and then formed ecological Marxism.As a leader of ecological Marxism,James O’Connor’s ecological view plays an important role in resolving the ecological crisis.First,O’Connor introduced culture and nature into the relationship between productive forces and production,supplementing the cultural empty field of historical materialism,and formed the trinity theory of nature,culture,and labor;In addition to the basic contradictions of production relations,there is a more fundamental and universal second contradiction in capitalist society,from which the double crisis of capitalism is deduced;finally,he advocates the marriage of ecology and socialism,and argues that socialism and capital.He analyzes the natural advantages of socialism systematically,and then puts forward his ecological socialism concept to seek a realistic solution for the global ecological crisis.O’Connor revealed that the capitalist system is bound to perish,and his criticism of capitalism will help our country unswervingly take the road of sustainable development.The cultural and natural dimensions he added enriched the theoretical connotation of historical materialism,broadened the theoretical horizon of Marxism,and helped the people to form a good concept of ecological protection;he advocated paying attention to production conditions and denying the predatory development mode of capitalism,which is conducive to the transformation and upgrading of my country’s economic development mode;he emphasized the global concept,enlightening us to strengthen international exchanges and cooperation,and jointly deal with ecological problems.However,O’Connor did not take into account the limitations of Marx’s era,arbitrarily obliterated Marx’s concern for nature,exaggerated the role of culture,and to a certain extent dispelled the materialist foundation that material determines consciousness.Therefore,the ecological society he proposed the concept of ism is essentially capitalist reformation,and we need to look at it dialectically.With the increasingly acute contradiction between economic development and the ecological environment,the country pays more and more attention to the protection of the ecological environment and the pursuit of a green home.At present,our country is in the stage of accelerating the construction of socialist ecological civilization.Civilization is the long-term accumulation of cultural development.Culture is the external manifestation of civilization.The process of continuous progress and development of each civilization is also the process of cultural deconstruction and reconstruction.Perspective James O’Connor’s ecological view has a considerable degree of practical value for improving my country’s ecological civilization construction.As a product of the development of the times,its ecological concept can inspire us to expand our global vision and cultivate cultural thinking with ecological protection awareness;to develop a low-carbon and sustainable ecological economy based on national resource endowments;to adhere to the dual-carbon requirements under the new development concept,advocating green and simple ecological consumption,which is conducive to the steady and long-term development of our country’s socialist ecological civilization construction.