«Бойцовский клуб», капиталистическая готика и значение интерпретации

Логос. 2023. Т. 33. № 3. С. 165–216.

Pavlov A.

The paper provides an analysis of multiple interpretations of the cult film Fight Club. The author divides the readings of the film into three types—judgment interpretations, theoretical, or methodologically thorough interpretations, and argumentative interpretations. Further in the paper the author groups these interpretations under several headings—Henry Giroux’s Fight Club reading; a critique of the film as a sexist and patriarchal one, feminist interpretations, that make an emphasis not on criticizing, but on Marla Singer’s character; readings of the film as a “fascist,” “anarchist,” “nihilist” one; the analysis of the film as a postmodernist work etc. The author separately distinguishes several argumentative interpretations, that he characterizes as more adequate, while their authors seek to avoid sharp evaluation statements and are more focused on a consecutive analysis. Furthermore, the author proposes his own interpretation, stating that he does not believe it to be final or abolishing. This note gives him an opportunity to show a problematic nature of a main procedure in English-language humanities. In his reflections the author arrives to a conclusion that Fight Club’s universe may be characterized as a world of triumphant “gothic capitalism” (Anna Kornbluh). The paper closes with a discussion on the meaning of interpretation in contemporary humanities.

Keywords: капитализм, capitalism, социальная философия, social philosophy, практическая философия, practical philosophy, fight club, Бойцовский клуб