Zolian Zoology
‘L’amour des bêtes’ and (Human-) Animal (-Machine) Ethics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21728610 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Robison (0000-0002-9510-750X, Brown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 50-69 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dix-Neuf (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-7318 • E-ISSN: 1478-7342 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14787318.2021.1896121 |
| OpenAlex | W3135131595 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
A genuine investment in animal ethics pervades Emile Zola's literary production at all stages of his career, occupying a central yet often overlooked space in his moral and aesthetic thought. Situating Zola's interest in animality alongside his engagement with the life sciences of his day, the present paper examines the parameters of Zola's animal ethics as manifested in his article ‘L'amour des bêtes' (Le Figaro, March 24, 1896), with an eye towards their elaboration in selections from his broader oeuvre. Central to Zola’s animal ethics, I argue, is a materialist Human-Animal-Machine trichotomy whose three parts he treats as radically interchangeable
Aesthetics · Animal ethics · Art · Art history · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Materialism · Posthumanism · Sociology · French Literature and Criticism · Historical and Scientific Studies · Philosophy · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |