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The Ecological Thoughts Researching on the Rachel Carson's “Silent Spring”

Author(s)

Zhang Yan, Zhang Qiao

Affiliation(s)

Shihezi University, Xinjiang, Shihezi, China

Abstract

Rachel Carson as a famous American Marine biologist contemporary, is not only a American most famous ecological literature writer in the 20th century, but also a heroic fighter of struggling for the long-term survival and sustainable development of mankind. The masterpiece Silent spring published in 1962's is regarded as a milestone in the history of the development of the ecological literature of Europe and America. This article attempts to more in-depth research of Carson's ecological thought, the paper is divided into five parts: the first part and second part analyze nature writing and environmental imagination of this work by the logical the logical thinking of the author, and trying to answer why spring having been silent; The third part criticizes science and technology and the anthropocentrism by the author’s environmental suffering consciousness as the rumbling of collapsing; The fourth part discusses Carson how to pointed out the other way of salvation the future of humanity; The fifth part: going away to think, is discussed Carson how to get rid of the ivory tower, main researches ecologists how to actively involved in social conscience and responsibility, awakes people's environmental crisis consciousness by Practicism philosophy of Positive action.

Keywords

Rachel Carson; Silent Spring; the Ecological Holism; Anthropocentrism

References

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