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Animal Studies, Decoloniality and San Rock Art and Myth
Journal of Literary Studies Pub Date : 2019-07-03 , DOI: 10.1080/02564718.2019.1657286
Richard Alan Northover 1
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Summary Animals occupy an ambivalent position in relation both to Western capitalist modernity and to decoloniality, one of modernity's most vehement opponents. Paradoxically, animals are equally central to and yet marginalised by these discourses, both of which are thoroughly anthropocentric. Racist discourses thrive on "animalising" groups of people, which can only work if the status of nonhuman animals is diminished. Modern agribusiness values nonhuman animals merely as resources. The meat industry profits from killing hundreds of millions of animals daily and is one of the main drivers of climate change and environmental destruction. In its relentless pursuit of profit, Western capitalist modernity destroys not only indigenous cultures but also the environments that sustain them, including indigenous fauna and flora. Ngũgĩ argues that Africans prior to colonialism had rich oral literary traditions, often centred on animals, which colonialism dismembered. This article explores the animal figure central to traditional San rock art and myth to see if this can form an imaginative basis for regaining respect for nonhuman animals. Until nonhuman animal lives are respected the attitudes that fuel both racism and environmental destruction will persist.

中文翻译:

动物研究、非殖民化和圣岩艺术与神话

总结 动物在与西方资本主义现代性和去殖民化(现代性最强烈的反对者之一)的关系中都处于矛盾的地位。矛盾的是,动物在这些话语中同样处于中心地位,但却被这些话语边缘化,这两种话语都完全以人类为中心。种族主义言论在“动物化”人群中盛行,这只有在非人类动物的地位降低时才能奏效。现代农业综合企业仅将非人类动物视为资源。肉类行业每天从杀死数亿只动物中获利,并且是气候变化和环境破坏的主要驱动因素之一。在对利润的不懈追求中,西方资本主义现代性不仅摧毁了本土文化,而且还摧毁了维持它们的环境,包括本土动植物群。Ngũgĩ 认为,殖民主义之前的非洲人拥有丰富的口头文学传统,通常以动物为中心,而殖民主义将其肢解。本文探讨了传统圣人岩画和神话中的核心动物形象,看看这是否可以成为重新获得对非人类动物的尊重的想象基础。在非人类动物的生命得到尊重之前,助长种族主义和环境破坏的态度将持续存在。
更新日期:2019-07-03
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