前言 Preface Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction I.A Literary Biography of Cormac McCarthy II.A Brief Survey of the Critical Reception of McCarthy's Western Novels III.Theoretical Framework and Structure of the Book Chapter One Land Ethics:An Affirmation of Biocentrism I.Optical Democracy and Biocentrism II.The Degradation of Nature III.In Search of a Utopian Pastoral Chapter Two Animal Ethics:An Indictment ofAnthropocentrism I.Wild Animals:Wolf-human Relationship II.Domestic Animals:Horse—human Relationship III.Human’S Bestiality VS.Nonhuman Animals’Animality Chapter Three Science Ethics:A Critique of Scientism I.The Disenchantment OfNature II.Tools ofProgress III.Tbols of Destruction Conclusion:Environmental Apocalypse Bibliography Published Works by Cormac McCarthy Interviews Secondary Sources