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VOL. 7, ISSUE 5 (2021)
Understanding nature and the non-human: Need for a right perspective
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Dr. Namita Laxmi Jagaddeb
Abstract
Victimization of nature and the non-human by human beings is perhaps the most tragic happening of the current phase of the Anthropocene. The unwarranted human dominance and abuse of nature and the non-human has precipitated a grave ecological crisis for the world. Consequently, the life support mechanism of the planet is fast crumbling, sending out signals of imminent danger to the very survival of human race. Yet, man appears not to have taken note of it. His exploitation continues unabated. The reason is the human lack of understanding and recognition of nature and the non-human as the benefactors of life on earth. But, the world literature does not lack such understanding, which is based on love, compassion for all forms of nature and kinds of non-human. This should be brought home to the modern man, who has, of late, grown utterly egocentric and is in a mad race for money and matter resulting in indiscriminate destruction of nature and the non-human. Literature with its power of appeal and persuasion can set right the blundering mind of man and restore to him the right perspective to treat nature and the non-human as companions. Such a change of mindset will contribute substantially to arrest the global ecological crisis.
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Pages:11-13
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Dr. Namita Laxmi Jagaddeb "Understanding nature and the non-human: Need for a right perspective ". International Journal of English Research, Vol 7, Issue 5, 2021, Pages 11-13
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