Against the “Anthropocene Apathy” About the Rescue Potential of Postsecularism (on the Example of Works by the Romany Poetess Papusza)
Against the “Anthropocene Apathy” About the Rescue Potential of Postsecularism (on the Example of Works by the Romany Poetess Papusza)
Author(s): Anna FilipowiczContributor(s): Dominika Pieczka (Translator)
Subject(s): Psychology, Studies of Literature, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Polish Literature, Other Language Literature, Philosophy of Religion, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Social Theory, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: postsecularism; indigenous knowledge; new animism; the Roma culture; Papusza
Summary/Abstract: In this day and age, the ovewhelming hopelessness in the face of the anthropocentric paradigm makes thinking about the future of our planet constrained, while in turn reinforcing pesimism and helplessness. The foregoing refers also to the ecocritical humanities, which point to the need of conscious transformation aiming at the containement of the climate catastrophy. However, the said current in humanities requires an assistance from reality-changing tools that would respond to the social needs of the whole, sense, and spirituality, whilst remaining open to non-western religiosity patterns. It is especially worthwhile to keep it in mind upon studying post-secular thought, which marries the rational and the intuitive way of understanding reality.
Journal: ZOOPHILOLOGICA. Polish Journal of Animal Studies
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 7
- Page Range: 1-25
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English