生态文明研究方法论:变焦与在场

The Methodology of Ecological Civilization Research:Zoom and Field

“生态文明”已经成为一个学术热词,这既是好事也值得警惕。人文学者从事生态文明、生物多样性研究,通常视角较为单一,两手干干净净,只是坐而论道。从方法论上看,对于前者,需要考虑“变焦方法”,即在不同的尺度上考察问题。对于后者,人文学者宜深入实际,先弄脏自己,多进行“在场哲学”研究。中国有一系列值得关注的生态、环境、生物多样性破坏案例,人文学者可对其进行有益的分析。“迁地保护”事件依然值得追踪,它是科学界、园艺界长期惯性思维的一个突出表现。

"Ecological civilization"has become an academic buzzword,which is both a good thing and an alarm.Humanists are engaged in the research of ecological civilization and biodiversity,usually from a single perspective,with clean hands and just talking.From the methodological point of view,for the former,we need to consider the"zoom method"through changing observational focal distance and investigate the problems at different scales.For the latter,humanists should go deep into the reality,soil themselves first,and conduct more research on"field philosophy".There are a series of noteworthy cases of ecological,environmental and biodiversity damage in China,which can be effectively analyzed by humanists."Ex situ conservation"event is still worth tracking,because it is a prominent manifestation of the long-term habitual thinking in the scientific and horticultural circles.