Etyka nadziei w służbie zagrożonej planety – "The Book of Hope" Jane Goodall

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https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2023.12.10

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animal conservation, wildlife conservation, resilience, biodiversity

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In the review article, I focus on selected axiological and ethical issues, such as the value of care, mindfulness and hope in Jane Goodall’s reflection, as well as on almost half a century of Jane Goodall’s ecological and educational activism, the intellectual summary of which is the published The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for an Endangered Planet. I analyze the hypo­thesis that the secret of the impressive effectiveness of several decades of Goodall’s activities is the result of a consistently implemented strategy of ecological and social intersectionalism. The main method, successfully used by Goodall, is gentle persuasion, which appeals to the recipient’s emotions, combined with motivating narratives about precisely selected, interpenetrating problems on the border of natural sciences, political, socio-economic sciences and humanities. I aim to that Jane Goodall’s scientific and social activity fits into the framework of contemporary so-called prefigurative ethics, i.e. reflection and attitude announcing a higher moral good and arousing empathy, local involvement
and a sense of agency in the reci­pients of Goodall’s narrative.

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Marcin Urbaniak - Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie

Marcin Urbaniak – a cognitive neuroscientist and zoopsychologist at the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow, as well as a founder of the interdisciplinary Animal Behavior and Mind Laboratory. Professionally, he deals with the evolution of cognitive structures and processes and their comparative approach in the animal kingdom. He conducts research in the areas of zoosemiotics and interspecies communication, as well as the issues of animal social behavior and higher mental activities, including subjective agency, heuristic competences, predictive processing and affective niches in selected invertebrates. The results of his research prove the need to constantly improve animal welfare. In his free time, he works as an activist and educator for nature conservation.

Bibliografia

Goodall, Jane, and Douglas Abrams. The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for an Endangered Planets. New York: Celadon Books, 2021.

Goodall, Jane, Douglas Abrams, and Gail Hudson. Księga nadziei. Podręcznik przetrwania w trudnych czasach. Przekład Monika Popławska. Poznań: Media Rodzina, 2022.

Lawick-Goodall van, Jane. W cieniu człowieka. Przekład Gabriela Bujalska-Grüm i Leszek Grüm. Warszawa: PWN, 1974.

Leakey, Richard. Szósta katastrofa. Historia życia a przyszłość ludzi. Przekład Jerzy Prószyński. Warszawa: Prószyński i S-ka, 1999.

Marchese, David. „Why Jane Goodall Still Has Hope for Us Humans”. New York Times Magazine, July 12, 2021. Accessed July 12, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/interacti

ve/2021/07/12/magazine/jane-goodall-interview.html.

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2023-12-29

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Urbaniak, M. (2023). Etyka nadziei w służbie zagrożonej planety – "The Book of Hope" Jane Goodall. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (2 (12), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2023.12.10

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