OPOMENA NAJBLIŽEG ROĐAKA: KING KONG I PORODIČNA SRAMOTA
The Closest Relatives Warning: King Kong and Family Shame

Summary/Abstract: The theme of the article is the reconstruction of „unpleasant relationship,” which at least since the eighteenth century characterize the human perception of apes. As a guiding example of modern dilemmas in this asymmetric connection served King Kong movie, as well as the appropriate response it triggered. First part of the work is dedicated to this topic. The second part explores the history of fluctuations regarding the categorization of apes and (un)recognition of their evolutive connectedness with people in natural science. The conclusion suggests the possibility of liberation from fear of the common origin with other primates, and points to the emancipatory potential of „monsters” visions in stick-in-the-mud industrial culture.

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