Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-7671 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1948 (Online)


cinematic thinking

Medieval futures in Berdyaev and Benjamin: Cinematic thought and the “New Middle Ages”

Introduction. N. A. Berdyaev’s philosophical texts are characterized by cinematic qualities, reflecting his thinking method based on visual integrity and montage-like construction of meaning. Berdyaev himself noted that the key ideas of his works were inspired by cinema rather than traditional art forms. The literary metaphoricity of his texts is rooted in the experience of the staticity of a cinema-goer. Theoretical analysis.