Filozofska istraživanja, Vol. 42 No. 2, 2022.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21464/fi42209
Conformity as the Use of Knowledge – Bernardo Bertolucci, Plato, Cave
Goran Radonjić
orcid.org/0000-0003-3352-1497
; Univerzitet Crne Gore, Filološki fakultet, Danila Bojovića bb, ME–81400 Nikšić
Abstract
This paper examines the intertextual relations between Bertolucci’s film The Conformist and Plato’s allegory of the cave. The importance of interpretation for the Plato’s allegory is emphasized: it is central in the thematic, in its form, and in the way it is communicated. The interpretation of the world is inseparable from self-interpretation. By using elements from Plato’s allegory of the cave, Bertolucci’s film becomes the interpretation of Plato. At the same time, the reality of the film is interpreted in Plato’s terms and images. The concepts of conformism, knowledge and liberation are explored.
Keywords
Bernardo Bertolucci; Plato; Alberto Moravia; fascism; allegory of the cave; interpretation; conformity; knowledge
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285001
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Publication date:
5.9.2022.
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