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Antropologicheskij forum, 2015, no. 27
Anna Razuvalova Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskiy Dom), Russian Academy of Science Abstract: This article focuses on the film director Nikolay Burlyaev’s handling of the plot “death of a poet” presented, on the one hand, in his film Lermontov (1986) and on the other hand, in his Filmmaker’s Diary. The author traces the director’s apprehension of conspiracy schemes as a way to explain why part of the cinematographic community did not accept the message of the movie. The author states that the motifs of Masonic conspiracy against Russian classical literature, which circulated within the milieu of conservative nationalists, clearly reveal the affective background of conspiracy theories. These motifs also reveal the late-Soviet nationalists as an “emotional community” (B. Rosenwein), united not only by commonly shared ideological views, but also by emotional experiences (in particular, the feeling of deprivation, caused by the activity of what was called “the Jewish lobby,” which was said to occupy political and cultural spheres of the Soviet state). Burlyaev perceived the sharp criticism of his film, dedicated to the “authentic” reasons for Lermontov’s death, as further evidence of the secret masonic organization’s activity. Later in debates with opponents, he identified himself with Lermontov, who perished in the hands of Russia’s enemies more than a hundred years ago, and attempted to describe his own position in terms of open resistance to a secret enemy. Finally, Burlyaev’s public effort to unmask the mechanisms of conspiracy, an effort supported by the rhetoric of his proponents, clearly demonstrated how in times of social and political changes, traumatic emotions of disadvantage and resentment worked as “instruments of sociability” (Rosenwein), creatinga public non-conformist reputation for the patriotic community and becomingan important source for political action. Keywords: conspiracy theory, masonic plot, emotional community, deprivation, late-Soviet nationalists. To cite: Razuvalova A., 'Konspirologicheskiy syuzhet v filme “Lermontov” i “Dnevnike kinorezhissera” N. Burlyaeva: k voprosu ob “etnografii emotsiy” natsionalno-konservativnogo soobshchestva' [Conspiracy Plot in Nikolay Burlyaev’s Film Lermontov and Filmmaker’s Diary: On the Ethnography of Emotions of the National Conservative Community], Antropologicheskij forum, 2015, no. 27, pp. 95–121. URL: http://anthropologie.kunstkamera.ru/files/pdf/027/razuvalova.pdf |
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