Email this article Individualism as a Cultural Syndrome in Recent American Cinema
- Authors: Tsyrkun N.A1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Film Art, VGIK
- Issue: Vol 9, No 2 (2017)
- Pages: 114-122
- Section: WORLD CINEMA | ANALYSIS
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/2074-0832/article/view/14669
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/VGIK92114-122
- ID: 14669
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Abstract
The article explores the balance of the two basic cultural constructs - individualism and collectivism - and the way it is represented in the American cinema of 2015-2016 as exemplified by a number of films set in the past, present and future. The author comes to the conclusion that in the face of a global peril the idea of individual moral responsibility inevitably leads to the role of collectivism as the essential survival condition.
About the authors
Nina A Tsyrkun
Institute of Film Art, VGIK
Author for correspondence.
Email: editor@vestnik-vgik.com
Doctor in Arts, Head of the Department of Modern Screen Art
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