“像大地一样思考”——论艾比的生态思想及其启示意义

Think Like the Earth:on Edward Abbey’s Ecological Thoughts and its Revelation

生态作家爱德华·艾比生活在美国工业化突飞猛进的时代,他的生态思想对于当前正在发展中的许多国家和地区具有很好的启示意义。他对自然的价值、自然的权利、自然与人类文明的关系等"元问题"的思考,可以启示个体对生态生存方式的选择。他对唯发展主义深刻的反思以及一些环保策略的提出,对于当今许多国家和地区经济社会的发展有很强的参考价值。作为一个环境行动主义者,他对生态防卫方式的倡导激发了无数的环保行为,也为人类探索行之有效的保护环境、拯救地球之路提供了一种可能。

At Abbey＇s time, America was in the course of industrialization, so his ecological thoughts have enlightening significance to many developing countries and regions nowadays. His views of the value and right of nature, the relationship between human being and nature, have enlightening significance to people＇s choice of ecological existence. His introspection on developmentalism and some of his suggestions on environmental protection provide many countries and regions with very important reference. As an environmental activist, his advocation of eco-defense has inspired lots of environmental protection behaviors, and it creates a possibility for human to find ways how to protect environment and how to save our planet.