EN108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: More Than Human, The Tyger
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Strips them of feelings or life or dignity. Issue is also how we relate to other living things has an influence on how we relate to them. Orients our thinking, helps us to see power relations. When we debate language, we become more aware of these relations. Language is fluid, flexible, and when we hold it too tight, it slips through our fingers (perhaps a sense of history) (modern designations for animals) Not used in animal studies anymore, and if we use it we overlook some of its implications. Creative or authoritive force out there - science does not like this notion. Some believe that science has liberated us of the idea of an author. Also suggests that we are no different than animals, humbling word. We are merely those who have been created. Uses the description to ask questions about the tiger itself. He is dealing with a particular kind of creature.
