A comparative study of the representation of the Leviathan myth in the works of Leviathan Thomas Hobbes and the film Leviathan by Andrey Zvyagintsev

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Law and Art of Judiciary Research Institute

2 Member of the academic faculty of Tarbiat University, Shahid Rajaei

3 خیابان شریعتی، خیابان شهید دستگردی (ظفر)،نبش خیابان تبریزیان، روبروی داروخانه لاله، پلاک ۷۷

10.30480/dam.2024.5133.1857

Abstract

Myths have always been represented in different forms throughout history. In the contemporary world, one can see a new reading of the definitions and concepts of myths in social, economic and political relations and in the field of art and works of art such as films, theater, etc. The myth of Leviathan is represented in the Bible as one of the myths of evil and turmoil in the form of written and pictorial discourses in the modern period. The English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes by likening the government to Leviathan, points to the power in the world today. He believes that the people of society should obey an absolute ruler, even a tyrant, in order to maintain peace, security, public protection and prevent evil or Levitation within the people. This kind of representation of Leviathan myth in the contemporary world is not far from the perspective of artists and filmmakers. Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev wrote and made Leviathan based on this kind of representation of the Leviathan myth. The present article tries to examine the various representations of Leviathan myth by Thomas Hobbes and Andrey Zvyagintsev with a comparative approach based on library and audio-visual sources. According to the findings of this study, gintsev, by representing the myth of Leviathan, contrary to Hobbes's view, considers the myth of Leviathan as an evil government whose evil and harms overshadow the people of society and deprive them of order and peace, and in fact the government itself. It is the symbol of Leviathan. He borrows elements from the Bible as well as modern times, such as Leviathan Hobbes, to represent this myth in his film.

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Volume 15, Issue 36
March 2024
Pages 99-114

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