… analyzes what it is to be “human” in an age of rapid technological advancements
1785 - 1830
= counter-enlightenment movement distrustful of the modern, social, human world
→ reaction against the Industrial Revolution & Rationalization
= break with traditional styles of poetry and prose
= rejection of humanism
-> interior monologue, stream of consciousness …
… draws on the concept of gender to analyse the relationships between humans & nature
Luke Martell: ‘women’ & ‘nature’ are both victims of patriarchal abuse; similar oppression by the same male-dominant forces (e.g. science, capitalism)
“Animals are machines”
animals have no language
animals do not think
animals have no self-consciousness
animals do not suffer
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