Research Interests
Veganism, Animal Rights, Anthropocentrism, Interconnected Human/Nonhuman Oppressions, Social Movement Communication, Discourse

Biography

Louis Arthur Gough is a Sociology Lecturer at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) with a keen interest in veganism, animal rights/liberation, anthropocentrism, speciesism, the interconnectedness of human-to-nonhuman and intra-human forms of oppression, social movement communication and discourse more generally. His PhD research concerns the various ways in which vegan advocacy discourse functions to both subvert and reinforce anthropocentrism – a hegemonic ideology understood to be at the heart of nonhuman animal exploitation, environmental destruction and various forms of intra-human oppression. Louis is currently working on various publications of a similar nature and continues to write about issues pertaining to veganism, human-nonhuman relations, anthropocentrism, colonialism, environmentalism, gender and so on.

Key Publications

• Gough, Louis Arthur. 2024. “Veganism as Anti-Anthropocentrism: The Potential of Vegan Advocacy Discourse.” Animal Ethics Review. Vol. 4.
• Gough, Louis Arthur. 2023. “Veganism’s Anti-Anthropocentric Capacity: A Critical Analysis of the Advocacy Discourse of Three Prominent Vegan Organisations“. Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism. 11 (1): 9-28.

Student supervision

Not yet considering student supervision.

Contact

Louis.Gough@uwe.ac.uk