Реализм против милитаризма: изображение войны Элемом Климовым

Этическая мысль. 2022. Т. 22. № 1. С. 100–111.

Gulyaev R.

The article examines how film ‘Come and See’ by Elem Klimov corresponds to ethical problems of classical theory of war. We assume that Klimov’s film depicts not only World War II, but the very essence of war as such, according to Clausewitz – violence as a way of compelling an enemy to do our will. Partisan war can be viewed as a method of wearing out enemy forces without decisive battle, but it provokes terror upon civilian population and becomes more violent and bloody than conventional war. Clausewitz views it as a last resort for government at war. Klimov’s film approaches Clausewitz’s theory not only in evaluation of partisan warfare, but also in the main ethical idea: both belong to the tradition of realism, which views military violence through expediency. In military ethics, violence is considered to be moral or immoral according to its expediency. Both Klimov and Clausewitz oppose not war, but militarism, i.e. attempts to glorify and romanticize it.

Keywords: кино, война, cinema, war, militarism, милитаризм, Clausewitz, Карл фон Клаузевиц, партизаны, partisan

Publication based on the results of: Этическое осмысление войны и мира. Советское наследие и его современное значение (2021)