Nierówności a religia. Wybrane wiersze Szczepana Kopyta w perspektywie postsekularnej
Inequality and Religion. Seclected Poems of Szczepan Kopyt from a Postsecular Perspective

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to analyse the motives, language, and religious figures in the poems of Szczepan Kopyt which deal with the issues of social inequality, systemic violence, and the unequal distribution of goods. The author suggests/posits that post-secular rhetoric in modern engaged poetry aims to criticize the capitalist system based on economic differences and to consolidate social structures, exposing the principles according to which violence is legitimized within neoliberal capitalism. The author shows how the poet uses the language of religion to talk about class inequalities. The article discusses the most important rhetorical figures used in Szczepan Kopyt’s poems as well as characteristics of the language of the Bible or prayer forms, highlighting threads embedded in the religious imagination (such as the theme of salvation or the apocalypse), which – when recontextualized – constitute an important tool for criticizing systemic inequalities.

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