Register Login
Flaga wersji językowej  English Flaga wersji językowej  Język Polski
Published: 2022-10-28
Vol. 20 No. 2 (2022)

A Voice from the World: Szczepan Kopyt’s Wersy o koniecznym oporze

Patryk Szaj Logo ORCID
Section: Essays and Articles
https://doi.org/10.31261/SSP.2022.20.04

Abstract

Patryk Szaj attempts to inscribe Szczepan Kopyt’s Wersy o koniecznym oporze [Verses about the Necessary Resistance] into the theoretical framework of the Capitalocene. The starting point is the reconstruction of the condition of criticism in the Anthropocene. He opposes the beliefs expressed by some representatives of the Anthropocene discourse that criticism is ineffective in the face of the planetary challenges of this epoch. He argues that we criticism is till needed, as is also emphasized by the concept of the Capitalocene as an alternative to the Anthropocene. Next, Szaj moves on to a dialogue with Kopyt’s work. Using both the findings of critical theory and (new)materialistic concepts, Szaj points to Kopyt’s debt to both these traditions. He shows that Kopyt has managed to avoid the “speaking out of nowhere” that is associated with criticism. Kopyt speaks “from the world,” and his voice is that of a participant. This perspective, reconstructed in the article on the basis of Kopyt’s Wersy o koniecznym oporze, allows the poet to diagnose the anachronism of some Marxist heterodox practices (autonomism), as well as to note and creatively develop the positive and negative entanglements of human and inhuman actors in the era of Capitalocene. 

Keywords:

Szczepan Kopyt , Capitalocene , new materialism , critical theory , autonomism

Download files

Citation rules

Szaj, P. (2022). A Voice from the World: Szczepan Kopyt’s Wersy o koniecznym oporze. Śląskie Studia Polonistyczne [Silesian Journal of Polish Studies], 20(2), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.31261/SSP.2022.20.04

Cited by / Share

Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2022)
Published: 2023-01-20

ISSN: 2084-0772
eISSN: 2353-0928
Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press
Submit
This website uses cookies for proper operation, in order to use the portal fully you must accept cookies.