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Close to the Ground. Some Lessons of the Hedgehog

Author(s): Tadeusz Sławek
Subject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Translation Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: hedgehog; animal; human; care; translation; heart; memory

Summary/Abstract: Reading Jacques Derrida’s essay “Che cos’e la poesia?” as well as poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, Thomas Hardy, and Tadeusz Kijonka, we want to argue that the animal helps us to redefine the human subject. When pondering the fuzzy boundary between the human and the non-human, man interprets himself/herself not as a subject isolated in its sublime aspirations but, rather, as a fragile connection, delicate relation with what begs for his/her protection and care.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 45-60
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish