The Historical Inevitability of the Chinalization of Marxist Ecological Thoughts

Abstract

The emergence of ecological issues compels people to find out theoretical solutions. Profound ecological thoughts abound in Marxist view of nature, history and practice, and therefore Marxist ecological thoughts are the primary source of the formation and development of the present ecological civilization ideology. Of course its chinalization can’t be separable from changing the epochal theme, corresponding with traditional Chinese ecological culture and instructing Chinese ecological civilization construction at present, all of which co-construct the historical inevitability of the chinalization. The emergence of ecological issues compels people to find out theoretical solutions. Profound ecological thoughts abound in Marxist view of nature, history and practice, and therefore Marxist ecological thoughts are the primary source of the formation and development of the present ecological civilization ideology. Since 1960’s, western scholars have begun to change from ignoring Marxist ecological thoughts to re-scrutinizing Marx and Engels ecology and its values. “Marx’ Ecology: Materialism and Natureâ€, written by John Bellamy Foust, and “Natural Causes Essays in Ecological Marxism â€by James O’Connor, are both devoted entirely to reconstructing the theory system of Marxist ecological thought and recognizing its significance of the times. We, however, can’t copy word for word their ecological thoughts interpreted by Marx’s and Engels’ works, which requires us to discuss the chinalization of Marxist ecological thoughts theoretically. As someone points out, the chinalization of Marxist view of ecology is one important part of Marxist chinalization, which means that we should persevere in Marxist view of ecology in building the ecological civilization in China.[1] The article thinks that the thoughts chinalization can’t be separable from changing the epochal theme, corresponding with traditional Chinese ecological culture and instructing Chinese ecological civilization construction at present, all of which co-construct the historical inevitability of the chinalization.