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【Editor-in-Chief Profile】
Tong Li, Professor, Director of the Institute of European and American Culture and Philosophy of Tianjin University of Foreign Chinese, leader of the first-level discipline of philosophy, "five batches" of talents in Tianjin Propaganda Culture, and the person in charge and editor-in-chief of the 13th Five-Year Comprehensive Investment Planning Project of Tianjin Higher Education Institutions - "Ecological Philosophy Translation Series". The Ecological Philosophy Translation Series includes a series of translations such as "The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization - A Declaration of the Future" and "Thinking about Nature - The Exploration of Nature, Values and Ecology".
【Team Members】
Zhang Hong is an associate professor at the School of English, Tianjin Chinese University. He is a member of the research group of the 13th Five-Year Comprehensive Investment Planning Project of Tianjin Colleges and Universities, and the translator of "The Philosophical Foundation of Ecological Civilization - Future Declaration".
Wang Huiyun is an associate professor at the School of English, Tianjin University of Foreign Chinese. He is a member of the research group of the 13th Five-Year Comprehensive Investment Planning Project of Tianjin Colleges and Universities, and the translator of "Thinking about Nature: Exploration of Nature, Value and Ecology".
Xia Zhi is a lecturer at the School of English of Tianjin Chinese University of Foreign Affairs. He is a member of the research group of the 13th Five-Year Comprehensive Investment Planning Project of Tianjin Colleges and Universities, and the translator of "Thinking about Nature: Exploration of Nature, Value and Ecology".
【Introduction to achievements】
The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization - Declaration on the Future (ISBN: 978-7-201-17084-8) and Thinking about Nature : An Exploration of Nature, Values and Ecology (ISBN: 978-7-201-17095-4) are the results of the 13th Five-Year Comprehensive Investment Planning Project of Tianjin Colleges and Universities. In October 2021, it was published by Tianjin Publishing and Media Group and Tianjin People's Publishing House.
【Executive Summary】
The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization – A Manifesto for the Future is translated from the 2017 English edition of The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization: A Manifesto for the Future. The author, Arran Gare, systematically examines the philosophical basis of ecological civilization, analyzes the crisis of civilization and the reasons for seeking help from philosophy, explains the relationship between analytic philosophy and speculative naturalism, Marxism and post-Marxism, speculative naturalism and radical enlightenment, covers the theories of neo-Kantian generative structuralism, postpo positivism, ecological semiotics, and human ecology, and discusses the declaration from radical enlightenment to ecological civilization and future direction. The author's research on the relationship between man and nature, industrial civilization and ecological civilization and their philosophical schools has important academic value and practical significance, and provides a reference for the mutual learning of ecological civilization, the mutual translation of literature and the construction of ecological civilization between China and foreign countries.
Thinking About Nature: An Exploration of Nature, Values, and Ecology is based on the 2014 English edition of Thinking About Nature: An Investigation of Nature, Value and Ecology. The author, Andrew Brennan, from the fields of nature, value and ecology, systematically investigates reality and ideals, politics and economics, morality and society, man and nature, explains the theoretical characteristics of scientific ecology, practical ecology, mathematical ecology, reductionism, holism, Occam's razor, etc., and discusses the relationship between deep ecology, natural system values, science and ethics, ethical polymorphism and environmentalism, and the significance of international cooperation. It has the important value and practical significance of interdisciplinary research, which provides reference for the mutual learning, literature translation and ecological civilization construction between China and foreign countries, and also provides reference for scholars who are committed to the study of ecological trends and environmental issues.
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