ABSTRACT

A genuine investment in animal ethics pervades Emile Zola's literary production at all stages of his career, occupying a central yet often overlooked space in his moral and aesthetic thought. Situating Zola's interest in animality alongside his engagement with the life sciences of his day, the present paper examines the parameters of Zola's animal ethics as manifested in his article ‘L'amour des bêtes' (Le Figaro, March 24, 1896), with an eye towards their elaboration in selections from his broader oeuvre. Central to Zola’s animal ethics, I argue, is a materialist Human-Animal-Machine trichotomy whose three parts he treats as radically interchangeable.

摘要

对动物伦理的真正投资遍及了埃米尔·佐拉（Emile Zola）在其职业生涯的所有阶段，其道德和美学思想占据了一个中心但经常被忽视的空间。结合Zola对动物的兴趣以及他对当今生命科学的关注，本文研究了Zola的动物伦理学参数，如他在他的文章“ L'amour desbêtes”（《费加罗报》，1896年3月24日）中所体现的一样，着眼于他们从更广泛的作品中精心挑选的作品。我认为，左拉动物伦理学的核心是唯物主义者“人-动物-机器”三分法，他将三部分视为根本上可以互换的。