The Shoah, the Sacrifice, and the Animal in Elisabeth de Fontenay’s Thought Cover Image

Zagłada, ofiara i zwierzęta w myśli Elisabeth de Fontenay
The Shoah, the Sacrifice, and the Animal in Elisabeth de Fontenay’s Thought

Author(s): Mirosław Loba
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Elisabeth de Fontenay; Shoah; sacrifice; animals; mass slaughter

Summary/Abstract: The article aims at presenting the views of a French philosopher Elisabeth de Fontanay on the issue of proximity between the Shoah and the inhuman, industrial treatment of animals. The author not only explains the history of such a contextualisation of the problem, but also tackles the question of the meaning of a sacrifice, which is a term often used to define both the extermination of the Jews and the mass animal slaughter.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 42-50
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish