On Eternal Return: the Case of Phil Connors

Elena U. Pogorelskaya –Candidate of Philosophy, Associate Professor at Hospitality and Tourism Chair, Faculty of Social Psychology, Liberal Arts University – University for Humanities (Ekaterinburg)., Leonid S. Chernov –Candidate of Philosophy, Associate Professor at Philosophy and Political Science Chair, The Russian Presidential Academy on National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Ural Institute (Ekaterinburg).
Year: 2017
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UDK: 111+115
Pages: 94-108
Language: russian
Section: Philosophy
Keywords: time, temporality, repetition, boredom, absurdity, death, immortality, target cause, «Groundhog Day».
Abstract
The article is devoted to the problem of time in its existential-philosophical aspect. The authors analyze the temporality of a person through the phenomena of boredom, absurdity, death, repetition. Using the examples of philosophical classics, cinema and literature they examine the ways and means of overcoming the crisis conditions of a person in the modern world.
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