Open AccessThe Philosophy of ‘Fish’
Author(s) -
Helena Hastings-Gayle
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
leviathan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2446-3981
DOI - 10.7146/lev.v0i4.112678
Subject(s) - poetry , fish <actinopterygii> , perspective (graphical) , identity (music) , human animal , aesthetics , sociology , epistemology , environmental ethics , philosophy , art , ecology , linguistics , fishery , visual arts , biology , livestock
Animals occupy a unique form of experience relative to our own. Our encounters with them often lead to contemplations of human perspective and identity. This essay analyses the human-animal encounter in D.H. Lawrence’s poem ‘Fish’ and the speaker's approaches in comprehending the other. The essay extrapolates this to explore ideas of knowledge and identify the poem's challenges to anthropomorphic perspectives and Christian principles