Sztuka posiadania. Refleksje w kontekście postaw bohaterów opowiadania Dla dolarów Josepha Conrada
The Art of Ownership. Some Remarks on Joseph Conrad’s Story Because of the Dollars

Author(s): Anna Szczepan-Wojnarska
Subject(s): Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Conrad; Because of the dollars; gender relations; money; possession;goodness;
Summary/Abstract: The text concerns multi-layered relations between the protagonists of the short story Because of the dollars by Joseph Conrad. The agreements between people are very often based on presumptions, that are not verbalised or expressed, which is the reason of their failure and disappointment of the sides of the agreement. The eagerness for compromise does not provide the basis for mutual understanding, being good might be taken as being weak, and being weak might be taken falsely as being good. Conrad reveals the truth about such “agreements” in a very subtle way, showing that money as a figure of symbolic exchange can be worthless and insignificant.

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