Blizna po solidarności. Polski ruch antyłowiecki w świetle tradycji XIX‑wiecznej ekologii i praktyki nieposłuszeństwa obywatelskiego
The Scar over Solidarity. Polish Anti‑hunting Movement as the Successor of the Nineteenth‑century Nature Conservation Movement and Civil Disobedience Practice

Summary/Abstract: The dispute between the supporters of hunting and its opponents in the fall 2019 and winter of 2020 concerned the management of public goods. Its development took the shape of a kind of war maneuvers which, along with the tightening of the screw, as subsequent bans followed, could turn into a replica of a civil war. This, however, was hindered by the pandemic. Thus, the anti‑hunting movement, which was gaining more and more popularity among regular citizens for whom strolls in the forest become the first exposure to public activism, practically ceased to exist. Was the movement a foreign implant, as its adversaries implied? This essay assumes that the anti‑hunting movement was both an altruistic and educational project, based on solidarity and empathy, as well as the willingness to sacrifice one’s comfort for the benefit of others, in this case – forest animals which are shot at metonymically, instead of the citizens practicing public disobedience against whom it is still inappropriate to lead an open war.

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