An Appeal for a Creaturely Attitude to Animals in Vasily Rozanov’s Writing
Journal: Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne
Year: 2022

The work of Vasily Rozanov offers a relevant case study of our changing relation to natural-cultural contact zones with animals. Rozanov used a comparative approach to human-animal connections to change the societal attitude to the physical body and erase boundaries between human and animal corporeality. I focus on his narratives that promote a creaturely attitude to animals in the context of societal problems. The issues he addresses have special relevance to the current pandemic realia. I argu