| Popis: |
Far from the standard approaches of the virtues and qualities of the Man’s Best Friend, this article explores the evil futures of the dog. Starting from a short story by Alejo Carpentier, we show how many transformations the dog can suffer: trained for hunting beasts as well as men, he can wish to regain his freedom by asserting his violence. He can also cease to acknowledge human supremacy in a sign of radical political empowerment through the pack or a rather more unusual community. Through a set of stories and movies, we discern how the dog can morph, showing to the men the resources of their own autonomy. In order to prevent a destructive revenge of the animals against their masters, an animal apocatastasis, the figure of the bad dog could serve as a model of a life freed from any supervision, combining the creative destinies of the Dog and the Man. |
