Prot. Dionysius Dunaevsky. Refusal to Settle in in Hell: Chronicles of the Rebellion of a Living Hearttranslated

The fourth article in the series concludes the conversation about the willful alienation of man from God and his neighbor. We have already said that sin makes you unhappy, and only mercy heals; explored the geometry of passive hell in Seurat's painting; exposed the metaphysics of the “successful psychopath” - a person who deliberately castrated his spirit for the sake of efficiency. Now - three stories about how to remain Human. About how God-given human nature, driven into the grip of a utilitarian system, makes a desperate breakthrough to humanity.

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Jason Bourne's saving amnesia

The story of superspy Jason Bourne - upon closer inspection - turns out to be a deep anthropological drama about the search for a lost face.

Who is Bourne before the story begins? This is David Webb, a volunteer who was broken by the CIA's secret Treadstone program for a long time and professionally. Flashbacks show methodical, inhumane forging. Sleep deprivation, torture, mental violence are steps leading down to the final line. And then - an order to kill a stranger in cold blood in order to step over one’s own nature. Webb broke down. At the moment of this fall, he accepted the "black faith" of efficiency and became Jason Bourne -...