the triumph of anthropocentricism in suzanne collins’s ‘the hunger games’
C.Vinoth kumar,
Published in International Journal of Advanced Research in Literature and Education
ISSN: 2348-2346 Impact Factor:1.9 Volume:1 Issue:2 Year: 12 September,2011 Pages:27-32
Abstract
Anthropocentrism is the belief that human beings are the central or most significant species on the planet (in the sense that they are considered to have a moral status or value higher than that of other animals), or the assessment of reality through an exclusively human perspective. The term can be used interchangeably with humanocentrism, and some refer to the concept as human supremacy or "human exceptionalism". The mediocrity principle is the opposite of Anthropocentrism. It is a major concept in the field of environmental ethics and environmental philosophy, where it is often considered to be the root cause of problems created by human interaction with the environment. However, many proponents of anthropocentrism state that this is not necessarily the case: they argue that a sound long-term view acknowledges that a healthy, sustainable environment is necessary for humans and that the real issue is shallow anthropocentrism
Kewords
Anthropocentrism,human supremacy
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