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- Title
Unde malum ? Le Matrix gnostique.
- Authors
Hulpoi, Claudia-Simona
- Abstract
Gnosticism is a heretic Christian ideology stating that our world is the imperfect creation of a Demiurge to whom man is actually superior. According to the radical Gnostic doctrines, hell doesn't really exist: we are in hell already, and we can only escape it through gnosis, knowledge, or illumination. The Wachowski brothers' Matrix trilogy offers a consistent number of similarities with Gnostic thinking, which we intend to develop in the present analysis. Our approach is inspired by the collective volume The Matrix and Philosophy (2002) and by Josh Oreck's documentary Return to Source. Philosophy & The Matrix (2004), where elements of Buddhism, Platonism and traditional Christianism are generally identified as recurrent themes of the "jazz mythology" on which the The Matrix is based. Gnostic Christianism, however, is only briefly mentioned. Our Gnostic interpretation of The Matrix builds on the theoretical foundations set by I.P. Culiano's work, René Descartes' Metaphysical Meditations and Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation.
- Subjects
GNOSTICISM in literature; LITERATURE; RELIGIOUS movements; RELIGIOUS doctrines; MATRIX, The (Film); PHILOSOPHY &; literature
- Publication
Caietele Echinox, 2013, Vol 25, p205
- ISSN
1582-960X
- Publication type
Article