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DOI 10.12887/35-2022-3-139-13



Małgorzata BOGUNIA-BOROWSKA, On Man and Morality in the Russian Society: An Analysis of Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Films Elena and Loveless


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The aim of the article is to describe the contemporary Russian society, identifying the directions its future development might take, on the basis of a critical analysis of Andrey Zvyagintsev’s films Elena and Loveless. The image of the Russian society with its predominant attitudes towards life, its morality and values conveyed by the films scrutinized in the paper is one of a society demonstrating the logic of war. Adopted as a lifestyle and a philosophy of daily existence, the logic of war is manifested in private lives of individuals, in the functioning of the society as a whole and of its institutions, as well as in the power structures of the Russian state. Such a logic permits unethical behavior and makes it possible for individuals to evade responsibility for their actions justifying them by their personal welfare or an absolute necessity. In the context of the war ongoing in Ukraine, the attitudes adopted by Zvyagintsev’s characters, take on symbolic and prophetic aspects. 


Keywords: morality, ethics, freedom, philosophy of war, individual, society, Russia, Andrey Zvyagintsev


Contact: Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, ul. Grodzka 52, 31-044 Cracow, Poland
E-mail: malgorzata.bogunia-borowska@uj.edu.pl
https://socjologia.uj.edu.pl/malgorzata-bogunia-borowska



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  1. ISSN 0860-8024
  2. e-ISSN 2720-5355
  3. The Republic of Poland Ministry of Science and Higher Education Value: 100.00
  4. Quarterly “Ethos” is indexed by the following databases: EBSCO, CEEOL, Index Copernicus (ICV 2017: 55.26), Philosopher’s Index, ERIH Plus.
  5. DOI Prefix 10.12887