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Title

Bestia jako figura obcego.

Authors

Zakrzewska, Karolina

Abstract

The article describes the figures of a beast appearing in selected literary works against the background of the historical eras in which they were created. This makes it possible to analyse the symbolic layer of cultural topoi and thus identify the figure of the other depicted in such a monstrous manner that he becomes an inhumane phantom. Indicating the link between social reality and the fiction of the works of culture it creates makes it possible to explore the mechanisms of exclusion - which are guided by fear of the unknown, on the one hand, and allow self- -identification and gaining collective identity through opposition to what is monstrous, on the other hand.

Subjects

GROUP identity; SOCIAL reality; DOMESTIC animals; CULTURE; FEAR

Publication

Civitas. Studia z Filozofii Polityki, 2018, Vol 23, Issue 1, p101

ISSN

1428-2631

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.35757/CIV.2018.23.06

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