%0 Journal Article
%T Znaczenie perspektywizmu dla animal studies
%A Kleczkowska, Katarzyna
%J Wielogłos
%V 2018
%R 10.4467/2084395XWI.18.005.8819
%N Numer 1 (35) 2018: Otwarcia: zwierzęta i ich zwierzęcości
%P 105-125
%K perspektywizm, animal studies, antropologia, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, zwierzę, człowiek
%@ 1897-1962
%D 2018
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/wieloglos/artykul/znaczenie-perspektywizmu-dla-animal-studies
%X 
	The Importance of Perspectivism to Animal Studies

	The aim of the article is to draw the attention of researchers from the field of animal studies to the anthropological concept of perspectivism described by Eduardo Viveiros de Castro on the example of indigenous peoples of South America. According to perspectivism, the way in which people perceive other elements of nature (mainly animals and spirits) differs from how these beings perceive themselves. While for a human being, an animal is an animal, for other species of animals, a human is a predator or prey, while the representatives of their own species are seen by them as people. In the first part of the text I present the most important assumptions of perspectivism, while in the second part I show how it can be used in animal studies. I pay special attention to the terms man and animal, showing that both are cultural concepts independent of their biological meaning.