Edward Carpenter
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British poet and academic
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Why Is Edward Carpenter Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Edward Carpenter was an English utopian socialist, poet, philosopher, anthologist, an early activist for gay rights and prison reform whilst advocating vegetarianism and taking a stance against vivisection. As a philosopher, he was particularly known for his publication of Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure. Here, he described civilisation as a form of disease through which human societies pass.
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