Ideas & Concepts 💡

human = centre

humans are masters over nature & primary holders of moral standing

the pejorative impact that can come from attributing human qualities to nonhuman creatures

(e.g. ”foxes are sly”)

balanced relationship between humans and nature

-> promoting the idea that ecological health is essential for the well-being of all forms of life

analyzes the relationship between literature & the physical environment

= poetry with a strong ecological message

animals can gesticulate and make sounds in order to create social cohesion with other animals

= the attribution of animal characteristics or behaviour to a god, human, or object

• defining the animal in an essentially negative way

• erases all animality in us

• revulsive human reaction (horror, vomit)

• to a threatened breakdown in meaning

• caused by the loss of the distinction between subject and object / between the self and other