The Study Of Marx And Engels’ Ecological Thought

Since the Industrial Revolution,ecology has been a topic that people cannot avoid.After attempting to conquer nature,humans have not achieved victory,but have instead received retaliation from nature.Human beings believe that they are the masters of everything and can transform the world according to their own will,hoping to obtain dual material and spiritual satisfaction.However,with the intensification of ecological problems,humans have to face the negative consequences of transforming nature-ecological crisis.When ecological problems have seriously threatened human survival and development,people begin to reflect on their own behavior and seek theoretical methods and practical guidance to solve the problem.How to correctly handle the relationship between humans and nature is the key to ecological issues,and the ways and methods of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature are evident in the classic works of Marx and Engels.The ecological thought of Marx and Engels is composed of a series of basic principles and methods for dealing with the relationship between humans and nature,humans and humans,and humans and society.A thorough and systematic study of its ecological thought has certain academic value and profound practical significance.This article is based on the theoretical research of domestic and foreign scholars,sorting out the ecological ideas in the classic works of Marx and Engels.In addition,the author’s own understanding restores its ecological ideas and deeply explores the practical needs of solving practical problems.In addition to the introduction and conclusion,the main body of the paper can be summarized into three parts:The first part mainly outlines the historical background,theoretical origins,and evolution process of Marx and Engels’ ecological thought.The era of Marx and Engels’ ecological thought was in the rapid development of science and technology.The capitalist application of science and technology not only greatly improved production efficiency,but also intensified the alienation relationship between humans and nature,between humans,and between humans and society.The capitalist mode of production at that time not only caused serious environmental pollution,but also caused serious physical and mental harm to workers.Marx and Engels critically inherited the dialectical natural view of Idealism of German Ancient philosophy and Feuerbach’s old Materialism natural view,forming their unique ecological thought.The evolution process of Marx and Engels’ ecological thought can be divided into four stages: embryonic stage,formative stage,developmental stage,and mature stage.The second part mainly studies the main content and distinctive characteristics of Marx and Engels’ ecological thought.The ecological thought of Dialectical materialism founded by Marx and Engels has developed with the development of historical materialism.Its main content covers four aspects: the ecological philosophy dimension with the relationship between man and nature as the core,the ecological politics dimension with critical capital logic as the center,the ecological economy dimension based on natural value,and the ecological society dimension with Historical materialism as the premise.By organizing the main content of Marx and Engels’ ecological thought,we can conclude that its thought has distinct characteristics of criticality and revolution,practicality and theory,modernity and people’s nature,dialectics and systematicity,scientificity and foresight.The third part mainly elaborates on the contemporary value of Marx and Engels’ ecological thought.Marx and Engels’ ecological thought can not only provide theoretical guidance for correctly handling the relationship between man and nature,but also provide theoretical guidance for the construction of contemporary ecological civilization,and provide theoretical basis for the construction of a Community of Common Destiny.The secret of Marxism’s eternal youth lies in its problem solving orientation.Marx and Engels’ ecological thought can also overcome time to solve current ecological problems.It can not only guide people to establish a correct concept of ecological civilization,use science and technology rationally to protect natural productivity,but also guide the practice of ecological civilization with Socialism with Chinese characteristics to resolve ecological crisis and jointly build a new form of human civilization.Studying the ecological thoughts of Marx and Engels can not only clarify the biases and misunderstandings of some scholars towards their ecological thoughts,but also restore the true nature of their thoughts through sorting out their classic works.It can also provide theoretical support for the construction of ecological civilization in China and the world,enabling people to recognize the root causes of ecological crises while reflecting on their own behavior,and thus finding effective methods to solve ecological crises,so as to achieve harmonious coexistence between humans and the natural ecological community.