Published: 2024-05-14

Tatiana Goricheva’s Animal Essays in Genological Reflection. Reconnaissance

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Abstract

Zootheology, as a new research discipline in Poland, deals with the animal issue in relation to religion, its sacred texts, religious practices, and the broadly understood tradition, including Christian hagiographies – which enjoy exceptional esteem among both Eastern and Western believers. The purpose of this article is to analyse and interpret the presentation of non-human beings in Tatiana Goricheva’s essays. This study considers philosophical, theological, as well as hagiographical reflections proposed by the contemporary Orthodox philosopher and theologian. The author of the article answers the following questions: Do animals have the status of independent being in Goricheva’s thinking? Is it possible to speak of the sanctity of non-human beings? Do the descriptions of animal behaviour presented in the hagiographies agree with their behaviour as described by biologists/zoologists/ethologists? The analysis carried out will allow a preliminary resolution of the hypothesis formulated in the title of the article. This research may contribute to furthering this issue in subsequent publications, whether within zootheology, ecocriticism, posthumanism or animal
studies.

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Małek, K. (2024). Tatiana Goricheva’s Animal Essays in Genological Reflection. Reconnaissance. Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 33(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.31261/PS_P.2024.33.05

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Vol. 33 No. 1 (2024)
Published: 2024-04-04


ISSN: 1898-1593
eISSN: 2353-9844
Ikona DOI 10.31261/PS_P

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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