724 KB34 KB194820252012Kopczyk, Michałštevilka:1letnik:60str. 29-39ISSN:0350-6894COBISSID:48885346URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-XXHNRUZWslSlavistično društvo SlovenijeSlavistična revijacompassionempathyempatijaesejiessayHerbert, Zbigniew, 1924-1998literarne študijePolish literaturepoljska književnostRorty, Richard, 1931-2007sočutjeKategorija sočutja v esejistiki Zbigniewa Herberta|The subject of this analysis is the essayistic work of Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998), which has been known in Slovenia by virtue of the successful translations by Jana Unuk, Jasmina Šuler Galos, and Niko Jež. The author of this paper examines meanings which Herbert attributed to the concept of compassion. At the same time, he notices that a sympathetic attitude of the essays under consideration is an important perspective for the character, from which he validates selected phenomena in the history of western culture. The essayist focuses on cultures or organizations that were treated particularly harshly by history (the Minoan culture, the Albigensian culture, the Order of the Temple, and others). However, artistic endeavor remained at the center of Herbert's interest. The narratives of Herbert's aesthetic fascination generally range from a "shock", great fascination, which sometimes surges to a sudden epiphany-to painstaking factographic studies. For this reason, curiosity awakened by an "encounter" with a masterpiece urges the essayist to explain the experience he came to participate in. This in most cases involves an attempt to determine a broader context of the experience. The point of reference for the author's conclusions includes, among others, the philosophy of Richard Rorty, who in his book Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity (1989) proposes that the basis for solidarity among people lies in the feeling that all human condition is similarPredmet analize je esejistično delo Zbigniewa Herberta (1924-1998), ki je v Sloveniji znano zahvaljujoč uspešnim prevodom Jane Unuk, Jasmine Šuler Galos in Nika Ježa. Avtor prispevka analizira pomene, ki jih je Herbert v svojih esejih dal pojmu sočutja. Ob tem opaža, da je za junaka Herbertovih esejev sočutna drža pomembna perspektiva, iz katere vrednoti izbrane pojave v zgodovini zahodne civilizacije. Esejist obravnava kulture ali skupine, do katerih je bila zgodovina še posebej kruta (minojska kultura, albižanska kultura, red vitezov templjarjev idr.), vendar v središču njegovega zanimanja ostaja predvsem umetnost. Zgodbe Herbertovih estetskih fascinacij se od "šoka", silovite očaranosti, ki se včasih stopnjuje v "nenadno spoznanje", prevešajo v podrobne faktografske študije. Ob "srečanju" z umetniškim delom se namreč v esejistu prebudi radovednost in ga spodbudi pojasniti izkušnjo, katere udeleženec je postal. To skoraj vedno stori tako, da poskusi aktualizirati njen širši kontekst. Avtor prispevka svoje razmišljanje navezuje mdr. na filozofijo Richarda Rortyja, ki v knjigi Contingency, Irony and Solidarity (1989) predlaga, da je treba temelje solidarnosti med ljudmi iskati v občutku, da so si vse človeške usode podobneTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaSlavistično društvo Slovenije