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Macedonian Criticism of French Thought

January 16, 2024

Macedonian Criticism of French Thought is a novella by Victor Pelevin, presented in his DPP(NN) book in 2003.

Plot edit

Nasykh Nasratullovich Nafikov, also known as Kika, the protagonist, is a son of a well-known oil baron. (In the Russian language, his first, patronymic, and last name are derived from invectives.) Kika was born in Russia, but grew up and got his education in Europe. After his dad's passing away, Kika, received inheritance, becomes a wealthy man.[1]

The result of Kika's mostly philosophic education was obtaining a hate-coloured obsession with French philosophy. Kika, considering himself a great thinker, starts publishing pseudophilosophical works, primarily opposing the great French philosophers: "Where did Baudrillard screw up", "Derrida from a pond" et cetera. His works receive controversial reviews.

The most famous Kika's work is called Macedonian Criticism of French Thought, where he expounds his idee fixe, developed by that time. The gist of this belief is as follows: after a man's death, a form, called 'humanoil', remains, in which man's will and suffering, put in his lifetime labour, keep on existing. Humanoil objectifies itself in a circulating commodity-money form. After Soviet Union's demise, communistic humanoil began to flow to the West, which keeps on until now. Drawing parallels between different oil grades, suitable or not suitable for a technological process, Kika comes to the conclusion that the West receives inadequate sort of humanoil; according to him — 'a poisonous purulence'. So, Kika sees his mission in putting an obstacle to the Russian humanoil flow, and also in drawing off a part of humanoil back to Russia.

In order to get that done, Kika rents a factory near Paris, where people are physically abused while reading passages from Michel Foucault's book Discipline and Punish. This became known to Interpol, but Kika manages to escape retribution. His further fate is unknown; what is clear is that he is alive, making statements in the press about the crushing defeat of the French philosophical thought.

In this story, Pelevin attempts to overcome the crisis of the genre of postmodernism by recognizing the "extremes" of the style and by "undermining" its theoretical and artistic attitudes.[2]

The story mocks the "sacral" mythological sources, the works of the recent masters of thought. It demonstrates the mystical impossibility of the philosophical works, their almost sacral immutability. However, this is related, as the reader suspects, to the lack of clarity in their theoretical constructions: "In the case of Jean Baudrillard, all affirmative propositions can be changed into negative ones without any damage to their meaning. Furthermore," the author goes on, "it is possible to substitute all realistic words for those that are the opposite of the meaning, again without any consequence. And even more: you can do these operations at the same time, in any sequence, or several times in succession, and the reader will not notice the change again. But Jacques Derrida, a true intellectual would agree, dives deeper and doesn't dive any farther. If it is still possible to change the meaning of a statement to the opposite, it is not possible in most cases to change the meaning of a sentence with other operations.[3][4][5]

In the book of Pelevin's protagonist, the new intellectual Tatar Kiki Nafikov, clearly traumatized by French philosophy, postmodernism is used to explain the realities of Russian life in the 1990s.

The postmodernist discourse in this context is perceived as incongruous and subject to ironic overcoding. The result of his thought is that Russian bandits and French philosophers are recognized as natural postmodernists. Postmodernist theory is recoded with the help of the signs of the criminal subculture. The compulsory reading of postmodernist writings turns into a torture so sophisticated that its victims are sympathetic to the hard-hearted fraternity.[3]

Opinions and reviews edit

Dmitry Bykov:

  • I do not really like the French philosophers of the second half of the XX century (and indeed the XX century as a whole, I would venture to say) - for reasons that are so comprehensively outlined in Pelevin's "Macedonian criticism of French thought." Of all these people, perhaps, I'd select only Foucault (and that's just partially), and Baudrillard and Derrida all arouse nothing but dull irritation.
  • Pelevin is a consummate researcher of emptiness. It would be a gross mistake to say that he sees it everywhere. But wherever it is, he exposes it instantly. Whatever a clay machine-gun from Chapaev and Void is headed upon - after a brief flash before us an absolute nothingness emerges, and Pelevin masterfully made this operation with all the post-Soviet ideologemes sewn on a live thread. The idea of career and personal prosperity has been metaphorically exposed in his Prince of Central Planning, the philosophy of the post-industrial society - in Generation P and Macedonian Criticism of French thought ...

Facts edit

  • In an interview, answering to the question, "Why was it so interesting for you to write, for example, about Baudrillard and Derrida?" Pelevin said: "I was wondering if I could put these intellectuals in an emphatically anti-intellectual surrounding. It's just like making Schwarzenegger a governor, but the opposite. "[6]
  • In 2007, the publishing house of "Eksmo" released a self-titled book, which includes, in addition to the story itself, 12 other works by the author. Afterwards, the book has been republished several times.[1][7]


References edit

  1. ^ a b Македонская критика французской мысли (сборник) скачать книгу Виктора Пелевина : скачать бесплатно fb2, txt, epub, pdf, rtf и без регистрации
  2. ^ И.с, Заярная (2006). "2006. 04. 006. Мережинская А. Ю. Русский литературный постмодернизм: Худож. Специфика. Динамика развития. Актуал. Пробл. Изуч. - Киев: Логос, 2004. - 234 с". Социальные и гуманитарные науки. Отечественная и зарубежная литература. Сер. 7, Литературоведение: Реферативный журнал (4). ISSN 2219-8784.
  3. ^ a b А.ю, Мережинская (2006). "«Поздний» литературный постмодернизм: механизмы смены художественной парадигмы". Человек: Образ и сущность. Гуманитарные аспекты (1). ISSN 1728-9319.
  4. ^ Вячеславовна, Орлова Ольга (2013). "Вечность пахнет нефтью как прецедентный текст современной культуры в интернет-дискурсе (часть 1)". Сибирский филологический журнал (1). ISSN 1813-7083.
  5. ^ "Дмитрий Быков. Два пе. Петрушевская и Пелевин: певцы конца века (Рус.жизнь). Институт психологии РАН". www.ipras.ru. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  6. ^ Виктор Пелевин (интервью) // из сборника ОДИННАДЦАТЬ БЕСЕД О СОВРЕМЕННОЙ РУССКОЙ ПРОЗЕ - ru_pelevin: сообщество читателей
  7. ^ Книга "Македонская критика французской мысли" 978-5-699-56905-2 купить, цена, заказ, оптом, отзывы | Books.

January 16, 2024
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Macedonian Criticism of French Thought is a novella by Victor Pelevin presented in his DPP NN book in 2003 Contents 1 Plot 2 Opinions and reviews 3 Facts 4 ReferencesPlot editNasykh Nasratullovich Nafikov also known as Kika the protagonist is a son of a well known oil baron In the Russian language his first patronymic and last name are derived from invectives Kika was born in Russia but grew up and got his education in Europe After his dad s passing away Kika received inheritance becomes a wealthy man 1 The result of Kika s mostly philosophic education was obtaining a hate coloured obsession with French philosophy Kika considering himself a great thinker starts publishing pseudophilosophical works primarily opposing the great French philosophers Where did Baudrillard screw up Derrida from a pond et cetera His works receive controversial reviews The most famous Kika s work is called Macedonian Criticism of French Thought where he expounds his idee fixe developed by that time The gist of this belief is as follows after a man s death a form called humanoil remains in which man s will and suffering put in his lifetime labour keep on existing Humanoil objectifies itself in a circulating commodity money form After Soviet Union s demise communistic humanoil began to flow to the West which keeps on until now Drawing parallels between different oil grades suitable or not suitable for a technological process Kika comes to the conclusion that the West receives inadequate sort of humanoil according to him a poisonous purulence So Kika sees his mission in putting an obstacle to the Russian humanoil flow and also in drawing off a part of humanoil back to Russia In order to get that done Kika rents a factory near Paris where people are physically abused while reading passages from Michel Foucault s book Discipline and Punish This became known to Interpol but Kika manages to escape retribution His further fate is unknown what is clear is that he is alive making statements in the press about the crushing defeat of the French philosophical thought In this story Pelevin attempts to overcome the crisis of the genre of postmodernism by recognizing the extremes of the style and by undermining its theoretical and artistic attitudes 2 The story mocks the sacral mythological sources the works of the recent masters of thought It demonstrates the mystical impossibility of the philosophical works their almost sacral immutability However this is related as the reader suspects to the lack of clarity in their theoretical constructions In the case of Jean Baudrillard all affirmative propositions can be changed into negative ones without any damage to their meaning Furthermore the author goes on it is possible to substitute all realistic words for those that are the opposite of the meaning again without any consequence And even more you can do these operations at the same time in any sequence or several times in succession and the reader will not notice the change again But Jacques Derrida a true intellectual would agree dives deeper and doesn t dive any farther If it is still possible to change the meaning of a statement to the opposite it is not possible in most cases to change the meaning of a sentence with other operations 3 4 5 In the book of Pelevin s protagonist the new intellectual Tatar Kiki Nafikov clearly traumatized by French philosophy postmodernism is used to explain the realities of Russian life in the 1990s The postmodernist discourse in this context is perceived as incongruous and subject to ironic overcoding The result of his thought is that Russian bandits and French philosophers are recognized as natural postmodernists Postmodernist theory is recoded with the help of the signs of the criminal subculture The compulsory reading of postmodernist writings turns into a torture so sophisticated that its victims are sympathetic to the hard hearted fraternity 3 Opinions and reviews editDmitry Bykov I do not really like the French philosophers of the second half of the XX century and indeed the XX century as a whole I would venture to say for reasons that are so comprehensively outlined in Pelevin s Macedonian criticism of French thought Of all these people perhaps I d select only Foucault and that s just partially and Baudrillard and Derrida all arouse nothing but dull irritation Pelevin is a consummate researcher of emptiness It would be a gross mistake to say that he sees it everywhere But wherever it is he exposes it instantly Whatever a clay machine gun from Chapaev and Void is headed upon after a brief flash before us an absolute nothingness emerges and Pelevin masterfully made this operation with all the post Soviet ideologemes sewn on a live thread The idea of career and personal prosperity has been metaphorically exposed in his Prince of Central Planning the philosophy of the post industrial society in Generation P and Macedonian Criticism of French thought Facts editIn an interview answering to the question Why was it so interesting for you to write for example about Baudrillard and Derrida Pelevin said I was wondering if I could put these intellectuals in an emphatically anti intellectual surrounding It s just like making Schwarzenegger a governor but the opposite 6 In 2007 the publishing house of Eksmo released a self titled book which includes in addition to the story itself 12 other works by the author Afterwards the book has been republished several times 1 7 References edit a b Makedonskaya kritika francuzskoj mysli sbornik skachat knigu Viktora Pelevina skachat besplatno fb2 txt epub pdf rtf i bez registracii I s Zayarnaya 2006 2006 04 006 Merezhinskaya A Yu Russkij literaturnyj postmodernizm Hudozh Specifika Dinamika razvitiya Aktual Probl Izuch Kiev Logos 2004 234 s Socialnye i gumanitarnye nauki Otechestvennaya i zarubezhnaya literatura Ser 7 Literaturovedenie Referativnyj zhurnal 4 ISSN 2219 8784 a b A yu Merezhinskaya 2006 Pozdnij literaturnyj postmodernizm mehanizmy smeny hudozhestvennoj paradigmy Chelovek Obraz i sushnost Gumanitarnye aspekty 1 ISSN 1728 9319 Vyacheslavovna Orlova Olga 2013 Vechnost pahnet neftyu kak precedentnyj tekst sovremennoj kultury v internet diskurse chast 1 Sibirskij filologicheskij zhurnal 1 ISSN 1813 7083 Dmitrij Bykov Dva pe Petrushevskaya i Pelevin pevcy konca veka Rus zhizn Institut psihologii RAN www ipras ru Retrieved 2021 03 09 Viktor Pelevin intervyu iz sbornika ODINNADCAT BESED O SOVREMENNOJ RUSSKOJ PROZE ru pelevin soobshestvo chitatelej Kniga Makedonskaya kritika francuzskoj mysli 978 5 699 56905 2 kupit cena zakaz optom otzyvy Books Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Macedonian Criticism of French Thought amp oldid 1181674269, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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