Victorian eco-spiritualism: environmental citizenship and the occult revival in nineteenth-century women’s writing.

• Contreras Ameduri, Clara ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Extremadura

     Universidad de Extremadura

     Badajoz, España

     
• Localización: IJES: international journal of English studies, ISSN 1578-7044, ISSN-e 1989-6131, Vol. 24, Nº. 1, 2024, págs. 117-133
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The purpose of this article is to explore the notion of environmental citizenship in the work of nineteenth-century spiritualist women. By examining female occultist participation in vegetarianism, anti-vivisection, and anti-industrial communalism, it is possible to observe an eco-spiritualist line in women’s writing, one which facilitated a more holistic and respectful approach to non-human subjectivities. Such texts therefore offer useful evidence of how spiritualist beliefs allowed women to influence public policies regarding the human-nature relationship in the long nineteenth century.