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Environmental Humanities
What are they and why does it matter?
Why does it matter?
In an increasingly precarious world, the emerging field of environmental humanities proves to be of immense importance. Specifically, ecocriticism (Iovino 2016) offers a new and valuable academic point of view that we can utilize to better understand literary representations of humanity's relationships with and within the natural world.
Common Themes
Biocentrism
Anti-anthropocentricism
Environmentally ethicality
Nature is not static
"Human beings have a moral responsibility towards nature." (Berdinesen 2018).
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