TWO PROGRAMMES OF JEHOVAH AND THE SOURCES OF THE CONTEMPORARY ECOLOGICAL CRISIS (PeRU UReWU. Dwa programy Jahve a zródla wspólczesnego kryzysu ekologicznego

• Authors: Kania Ireneusz
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

An attempt at a detached view of the religious sources of the present-day ecological crisis, going much deeper than, as it is most often claimed, the beginnings of the modern era. Upon the basis of mythological and religious texts the author followed the constant tension and battle between that which is 'human' in man and that which is 'animal'; in doing so, he reveals the profound contradiction between the desire to attain the divine ideal and the descent into animal impulses. Particular attention has been paid to the cultural and civilisational role of the cosmogonic and anthropogonic myth in the Biblical Book of Genesis. The author subjected to a detailed exegesis the contents and consequences of the two 'programmes of Jehovah' contained therein, pertaining to the destiny of man and his role in the created world. He perceived the sources of man's exploitation-oriented attitude towards Nature in the 'imperial' interpretation of the Biblical pericopes about the dominating position of man in the world.

Keywords

EN

ANIMALS; BOOK OF GENESIS; HUMAN/ANIMAL; NATURE

Discipline

• ANTHROPOLOGY: ANTHROPOLOGY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 4(287)
• Pages: 40-50
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kania Ireneusz

• Ireneusz Kania, no address given, contact the journal editor

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA08493