Since some years, the strategy of a Green Economy as a current form of ecological modernization was proposed. The paper highlights the core issues of the concept and its structural constraints. Several constraints of ...Since some years, the strategy of a Green Economy as a current form of ecological modernization was proposed. The paper highlights the core issues of the concept and its structural constraints. Several constraints of a far-reaching realization of a Green Economy are presented, and one constraint is highlighted, i.e., the imperial mode of （production and） living. The latter gives emphasis to the continuous and largely unquestioned access to products produced by cheap labor and under environmentally problematic conditions. This mode of living, the paper argues, is also attractive among the upper and middle classed in countries with emerging economies like China. Moreover, it compares it with the concept of sustainable development which emerged some 15 years ago. Like sustainable development, proposals for a Green Economy might become ＂a tranquilizing dis- positive＂ in order to silence doubt and criticisms. However, it is argued that, despite the improbability of realizing the ambitious objectives, the Green Economy strategy might contribute to further capitalist development. Environmental issues might be integrated into the mode of production and living. However, given capitalist and imperial structures and dynamics, this will occur in highly selective and partial ways. The author calls this emerging constellation and possible new mode of development in some countries or regions of the world Green Capitalism.展开更多
A number of ethnic minorities are being distributed in southwest China.Yunnan Province is an area inhabited by multi-ethnic groups.For a long time,the ethnic groups have been interacted by others in the cultural aspec...A number of ethnic minorities are being distributed in southwest China.Yunnan Province is an area inhabited by multi-ethnic groups.For a long time,the ethnic groups have been interacted by others in the cultural aspect,while retaining their own ethnic traditions.The performances of ethnic groups’dwelling houses are similar as determined by natural and cultural elements of the same area.This paper mainly analyzes decisive factors behind similar appearances by the way of field research on two minorities,Nu ethnic group and Li-su ethnic group,in the Fugong county,Nujiang Li-su autonomous prefecture.Moreover,the paper tries to summarize the commonality and individuality of the minorities in order to provide useful theoretical reference for the minorities building of new socialist countryside in the future.展开更多
文摘Since some years, the strategy of a Green Economy as a current form of ecological modernization was proposed. The paper highlights the core issues of the concept and its structural constraints. Several constraints of a far-reaching realization of a Green Economy are presented, and one constraint is highlighted, i.e., the imperial mode of （production and） living. The latter gives emphasis to the continuous and largely unquestioned access to products produced by cheap labor and under environmentally problematic conditions. This mode of living, the paper argues, is also attractive among the upper and middle classed in countries with emerging economies like China. Moreover, it compares it with the concept of sustainable development which emerged some 15 years ago. Like sustainable development, proposals for a Green Economy might become ＂a tranquilizing dis- positive＂ in order to silence doubt and criticisms. However, it is argued that, despite the improbability of realizing the ambitious objectives, the Green Economy strategy might contribute to further capitalist development. Environmental issues might be integrated into the mode of production and living. However, given capitalist and imperial structures and dynamics, this will occur in highly selective and partial ways. The author calls this emerging constellation and possible new mode of development in some countries or regions of the world Green Capitalism.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of China(Grant No.50921005).
文摘A number of ethnic minorities are being distributed in southwest China.Yunnan Province is an area inhabited by multi-ethnic groups.For a long time,the ethnic groups have been interacted by others in the cultural aspect,while retaining their own ethnic traditions.The performances of ethnic groups’dwelling houses are similar as determined by natural and cultural elements of the same area.This paper mainly analyzes decisive factors behind similar appearances by the way of field research on two minorities,Nu ethnic group and Li-su ethnic group,in the Fugong county,Nujiang Li-su autonomous prefecture.Moreover,the paper tries to summarize the commonality and individuality of the minorities in order to provide useful theoretical reference for the minorities building of new socialist countryside in the future.
