Redefinition of the relation between love and politics in the works of Arundathati Roy, Adrienne Rich and Margaret Atwood

[J. R. Milić]

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U disertaciji se na korpusu od jednog romana Arundati Roj, tri zbirke poezije Adrien Rič i tri romana Margaret Atvud ispituju načini kojima se ljubav, shvaćena kao aktivna društvena sila, odvaja od uticaja koje možeti ima na političke nepravde i neravnopravnosti. U teorijskom delu disertacije koncipiran je interdisciplinarni okvir u kome se tradicionalno shvatanje odvajanja ljubavi i politike u zapadnoevropskim filozofskim sistemima dovodi u spregu sa stavom mislilaca poput Erika Froma i belhuks o neophodnosti politizacije ljubavi u sistemima dominacije koji ne poštuju ženske principe demokratije i ravnopravnosti, već muške principe potčinjavanja i poštovanja hijerarhijskih odnosa. Primena predloženog okvira u analitičkom delu disertacije, komparativno-kontrastivnom metodom, ukazuje na sličnosti i razlike u uvidima u prirodu ljubavi i njenog političkog značaja u delima spisateljicȃ i vodi do zaključka o održivosti ideje redefinisanog odnosa ljubavi i politike, kao i o potrebi aktivnog i kritičkog stanja čoveka u sistemima dominacije, poput patrijarhalnog, kolonijalnog i kapitalističkog, pošto glavni protagonisti dela Arundati Roj, Adrien Rič i Margaret Atvud pružaju otpor i krše pravila i zakone takvih sistema. Kako u sistemima dominacije nema jedinstva ličnog i političkog, one alternativu vide u kulturi u kojoj je ljubav deo društvenog i političkog života. Sve tri traže način da ljubav pretvore u aktivnu silu i vrate joj društvenu funkciju ne samo u umetničkim delima već i u esejističkim radovima, kao i vođenjem aktivnog društveno-političkog života.

The dissertation analyses one novel by Arundhati Roy, three poetry collections by Adrienne Rich and three novels by Margaret Atwood in order to examine how love, understood as an active social force, is separated from its impact on political unjustices and inqualities. The theoretical part of the disseratation presents an interdisciplinary framework which shows how traditional Western European philosophical systems separate love from politics, and contrasts this with the views of Erich Fromm and belhooks about the necessity of the politization of love in the systems of domination, which uphold male principles of subordination and hierarchy while ignoring female principles of democracy and equality. The suggested framework is applied in the analytical part of the dissertation, using comparative and contrastive methods which reveals both similarities and differences in how love and its political significance are understood in the works. It leads to the conclusion that the redefined relation between love and politics is sustainable. The study also emphasizes the need for a critical mindset in the patriarchal, colonial and capitalistic domination systems since the main protagonists in the works of Arundhati Roy, Adrienne Rich and Margaret Atwood resist and break the rules and laws of these systems. In the absence of unity between the personal and political within the systems of domination, the writers offer an alternative, proposing the culture where love is part of political life. All three seek ways to transform love into an active force, restoring its social function, which is not only seen in their literary and essayistic works, but also through their active political lives.

sistemi dominacije, kultura ljubavi, politizacija ljubavi, muški principi, ženski principi, odnos ljubavi i politike

the domination systems, culture of love, politization of love, male principles, female principles, relation between love and politics

821.111(540)-31.09 Roy A.(043.3) 821.111(73)-1.09 Rich A.(043.3) 821.111(71)-31.09 Atwood M.(043.3)

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