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The Poetry of Thomas Lux: Biophilia Meets Theory of Mind
- Mosaic: an interdisciplinary critical journal
- Mosaic, an interdisciplinary critical journal
- Volume 53, Number 1, March 2020
- pp. 55-71
- 10.1353/mos.2020.0007
- Article
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Abstract:
Thomas Lux often scrutinizes the relationship between humans and their physical environment, illustrating biophilia in action: the continuing power of nature to fascinate, frighten, and repel us. He concludes that our perception of nonhuman life forms is distorted by cognitive predispositions that encourage species bias and illusions of specialness.