《大灭绝时代》的生态启示

Ecological Implications of Mass Extinction Era

《大灭绝时代》是美国作家伊丽莎白·科尔伯特的生态巨著。在书中,科尔伯特追溯远古物种灭绝史,借助真实事例和准确数字,宣告第六次大灭绝的来临,引导人类正视自己的行为给其他物种带来的影响。本文主要分析书中的灭绝事件和灭绝原因,揭示其中蕴含的反对人类中心主义的整体生态观。

The Sixth Extinction： An Unnatural History is an ecological masterpiece written by Elizabeth Kolbert.In this book,Kolbert gets back to the history of extinction,proclaims the sixth extinction is coming via accurate data and real cases,induces people reflect on themselves.This paper analyses the fact and the reason of extinction,reveals the thought that against the Human Centralism and support the Whole Ecological view.