The Study On Ben Agger’s Theory Of Alienated Consumption And Its Contemporary Value

Since the three industrial revolutions,human society has made remarkable progress in science and technology and improved productivity.Capitalist countries have made great progress in politics,economy and culture,which has created prerequisite conditions for alienated consumption.After world War II,western developed capitalist countries gradually changed from a production-led society to a consumption-led society,and alienated consumption became the companion of consumer society.Agger,starting from the realistic problems,keenly found that alienated consumption is the alienation phenomenon of contemporary capitalism with the characteristics of The Times.Since reform and opening up,China’s economy has developed rapidly.As the degree of globalization increases,consumerism also invades China with the help of the process of globalization,and the problem of alienated consumption spreads in China.This not only impacts social values,but also aggravates the ecological crisis and has a negative impact on the overall development of society.Ben Agger is an important representative of ecological Marxism,the concept of "ecological Marxism" was put forward by him for the first time.Since its emergence,agger’s theory has attracted the attention of scholars at home and abroad.Many scholars take Agger’s theory as the research object and have achieved fruitful research results.This paper aims to study Ben Agger’s alienated consumption theory,comprehensively and systematically understand it,explore its contemporary value,and deepen the research on consumption problems.The rational content of Ben Agger’s theory of alienated consumption can provide theoretical and practical reference for China’s development and play a positive role in the construction of China’s ecological civilization.This paper analyzes and studies Ben Agger’s theory of alienated consumption through literature analysis and interdisciplinary research.The article is divided into four parts.The first part is the introduction,which expounds the background and significance of the topic selection,the research status at home and abroad,the research ideas and methods,as well as the research innovation and research limitations.The second part elaborates the core concept and background of Ben Agger’s alienated consumption theory.First,the concept of alienation and alienation of consumption is defined.Secondly,the paper summarizes the background of his theory and discusses the theoretical source and realistic basis of Ben Agger’s alienated consumption theory.The third part introduces the main content of Ben Agger’s alienated consumption theory.This article combs agger’s theory as a whole,excavates the origin of alienated consumption,exposes the negative influence of alienated consumption,and explores the digestion path of alienated consumption.The fourth part explores the contemporary value of Ben Agger’s alienated consumption.This paper sublates Ben Agger’s theory of alienated consumption,draws lessons from reasonable contents and thoughts,and applies them in theory and practice,which is helpful to promote the continuous development of socialism with Chinese characteristics.This paper focuses on Ben Agger’s theory of alienated consumption,on the basis of a deep understanding of his theory,to recognize the contemporary value of his theory.Theoretically,it is helpful to inherit and develop Marxism better.It is helpful to deepen the understanding of capitalist system and deepen the criticism of capitalist system.It is helpful to study the consumption problem in China,and can provide theoretical reference for contemporary China to solve the consumption problem.In practice,it is helpful to solve the problem of alienated consumption,so that people abandon the concept of consumerism happiness;It will help to optimize the development mode and realize sustainable economic and social development.It will help give play to institutional advantages and improve and develop ecological civilization with Chinese characteristics through overall planning.