人类生态思想史的卓越探索及其当代价值——唐纳德·沃斯特《自然的经济体系》文本解读

The Outstanding Exploration of Human Ecological Intellectual History and Its Contemporary Value——Text Interpretation of Donald Worster's Nature's Economy

沃斯特以独特历史维度,精心串联并逻辑勾连欧美近300年的生态思想史,系统阐释各时代生态思想并对现实环境问题做深刻而富有哲理的理论剖析,给读者提供更为广阔的思路与独到见解。沃斯特关注自然与人的发展历史的内在关联,尤其注重自然如何成为影响人类生活的动力,并通过研究怀特、林奈、梭罗、达尔文、克莱门茨、利奥波德等杰出生态思想家的观点深度阐述生态思想对人类认识自然甚至认识自己有着特别的重要意义。在沃斯特看来人类所谓认识到的历史,其实就是自然的发展历史。因此在生态文明建设日益成为人类共识的当今时代,沃斯特的真知灼见必将产生更为广泛而深远的学术影响。

With a particular historical dimension in nature＇s economy, Donald Worster elaborately connected and logically linked ecalogical intellec- tual history of Europe and America in 300 years, systematicly explained ecological thought in each era and did a profound theory parsing in environ- mental problem, gave readers a broader thinking and insights. Worster focused on inherent logical relationship of nature and human＇s development history, especially paid attention to how nature become the impact force to human life. He deeply stated ecological thought, which has an especial im- portant meaning to human recognize nature and himself, by studying outstanding ecological thinkers, such as White, Linnaeus, Thoreau, Darwin, Clements, Leopold. In Worster＇s sense, human＇s history is actually a development history of nature. Therefore, ecological civilization construction has become human consensus day by day, Worster＇s insight will surely bring an extensive and profound academic influence.