抄録
The purposes of this paper are to describe the emergence of environmental sociology and to clarify its paradigmatic framework to study interactions between environment and society. First, I briefly discuss the historical transition of ecological perspectives and the need of a new ecological paradigm to comprehend the global environmental problems. Second, I criticize the traditional worldview among social scientists and review the paradigmatic shift from anthropocentric paradigm to ecological paradigm, i.e., the distinction of "Human Exemptionalism Paradigm (HEP)" and "New Ecological Paradigm (NEP)" in environmental sociology. Third, the importance of "Environmental Revolution" to achieve the Ecological Society is stressed in the conclusion.
