自由的维度——浅析弗兰岑《自由》中的深层生态学思想

The Dimensions of Freedom: On the Deep Ecological Philosophy in Franzen's Freedom

通过分析弗兰岑《自由》中有关人口爆炸、自由市场资本主义经济的贪婪膨胀和过分依赖科学技术的物欲横流的享乐主义生活方式,可以清楚地看到小说从深层生态学的立场出发,批判无度的自由和滥用自由的这一主题。在对这种无度的自由和滥用自由进行梳理批判的过程中,也较为充分地演绎和呈现了深层生态学的基本思想及其生态中心主义的价值观。因此,《自由》在引导人们反思传统的人文主义思想,倡导生态中心主义的同时,通过一系列反面的残酷现实,突出强调了划定自由的维度的重要性。

Through the analysis of the population explosion, the avaricious free-market capitalist economy and the consumerism sponsored by the highly-developed science and technology in Franzen's Freedom, this paper finds that the theme of criticizing the unlimited freedom and the abuse of freedom from the deep ecological standpoint is forcefully and unmistakably exemplified. In the course of his criticizing, Franzen also offers the reader a chance to see clearly the basic philosophy of deep ecology, as well as its value of eco-centrism. Freedom leads the reader to reconsider the traditional philosophy of humanism, publicizes the value of eco-centrism, and emphasizes the significance of a clear-cut dimension of freedom.