The longing for a return to nature represents a core thematic implication in Michel Tournier’s Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique. Adopting intersubjectivity as the theoretical framework, this study investigates the existential bonds among Robinson, Friday and the deserted island. By interpreting the mutual adaptation and spiritual reconciliation between humans and the island environment throughout the narrative, it explores the novel’s profound non-anthropocentric ecological ideas, which challenge the dominant human-centered rational tradition in Western literature. This ecological perspective dismantles the hierarchical opposition between humanity and nature and highlights the equal and interactive essence of all existential beings. Accordingly, this paper illustrates the text’s unique academic value in ecological criticism and reveals its practical enlightenment for contemporary society, providing effective theoretical and ideological references for mitigating modern ecological dilemmas and promoting harmonious and sustainable coexistence between humans and nature.

Li Man. An Analysis of Ecological Implications in Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2026), Vol. 9, Issue 5: 51-58. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2026.090508.

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