Pomnik przyrody i przekraczanie antropocentryzmu
A Natural Monument and Going Beyond Anthropocentrism

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyze the concept of a natural monument as a categorythat may be useful in non-anthropocentric humanities. A theory of nature conservation basedon this concept is discussed as an approach that undermines the culture – nature dichotomyby claiming that a “culture of nature” should be developed. The idea of a natural monumentmakes it also possible to offer an interpretation of the natural environment that maywithstand standard views of nature as an economic resource, tourist attraction or a spherewhich humans should not interfere with. The ideas of certain Polish pioneers of ecology arealso shortly discussed.

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