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Nolan's Odysseus is no Homeric hero, but a guilt-ridden modern who accidentally speaks Confucian: Greek scholar_我的网站

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Illustration: Liu Rui/GTChristopher Nolan's new film has attracted considerable attention from audiences and critics around the world. Particularly interesting is its reception in China, where the Beijing premiere provided the occasion for a conversation between Nolan and the Chinese political philosopher Zhong Shu.
We shall first consider some of the positive and negative appraisals of the film, before turning to its significance for Chinese viewers and, more broadly, to possible comparisons between the philosophical and cultural traditions of East and West. This commentary draws primarily on reviews by Emily Wilson in the London Review of Books and in The Atlantic, and Daniel Mendelsohn in the New York Review of Books, as well as on questions raised by Zhong Shu.
It should first be acknowledged that Nolan has produced an impressive action movie, condensing and abridging most of the major episodes of Odysseus' adventurous journey back to Ithaca. Avoiding digital technology based on artificial screens, he gives the story an unusually tangible quality.
The film also benefits from a distinguished cast, whose performances illuminate the different strands of the narrative as conceived by the director. At the same time, the viewer is invited to reconstruct the complex temporal layers of the epic, extending from the fall of Troy to Odysseus' homecoming (
nostos), his reunion with Telemachus and Penelope, and the harsh punishment of the suitors.
Many objections concerning anachronisms in costumes and armor, the use of American English, details of the Mycenaean or Archaic periods, or the casting of particular characters seem unfair. Some degree of anachronism is inevitable, and the pursuit of historical or textual fidelity would ultimately be futile. Nolan was obliged to omit or substantially rework parts of the original narrative in order to fit it into a three-hour film. Some omissions are nevertheless regrettable -- notably the treatment of the Cyclops episode and Odysseus' descent into the Underworld, as well as the complete omission of the Phaeacian episode and his encounter with Nausicaa.
There are, however, more serious grounds for concern with regard to the central idea underlying Nolan's reinterpretation of the
Odyssey. In his attempt to convey a modern moral message largely alien to Homer's world, Nolan presents an Odysseus who has surprisingly little in common with the "complicated" (
polytropos) man depicted by the ancient poet. The ethical ambiguities of a shrewd and resourceful character, ready to deceive and to commit violence in pursuit of his ends, are largely absent from Matt Damon's Odysseus. Instead, we encounter a hero repeatedly tormented by guilt for atrocities perpetrated or condoned during the Trojan War and consequently seeking some form of atonement.
Zhong Shu is therefore justified in asking Nolan whether he intends to "Christianize" Odysseus. The filmmaker seems to have moved him, almost imperceptibly, from what anthropologists have described as a "shame culture" -- the world of Homer, in which honor and fame, as perceived by others, are of central importance -- to a "guilt culture," characterized by an internalized sense of responsibility and remorse for wrongdoing. This latter moral orientation emerges with classical Greek ethics, particularly with Socrates and Plato, and reaches its fullest expression in Christian and post-Christian conceptions of morality.
Nolan appears to believe that such a transition toward guilt follows naturally once we recognize the force of a commitment to "Zeus' law," particularly in the obligations of mutual hospitality (
xenia). He connects these obligations with a version of the "Golden Rule," understood as a principle of reciprocal respect in our treatment of others.
This, however, is problematic as a construal of Homeric morals. Early variants of the Golden Rule can be found from the fifth century BC onwards in Democritus and Isocrates, and later in Epictetus and, of course, in the teachings of Jesus. More importantly, the moral conscience Nolan attributes to Odysseus not only "Christianizes" him; it arguably "Kantianizes" him as well. "Zeus' law" is presented almost as a universal proto-categorical imperative, something that could readily be endorsed by Kant. This differs significantly from the ancient injunction against
hybris: the warning against excessive pride, the transgression of human limits, and the violation of the divine and cosmological order that we encounter throughout Homer's epics.
One may, of course, concede to Nolan the artistic right to create his own Odysseus: a depressed war veteran, conscious of the dangers of violating moral rules, and concerned with preserving the normative foundations of civilization. The difficulty lies elsewhere. Nolan's attempt to accommodate this new hero and his moral psychology within the narrative framework of the original
Odyssey is not entirely successful. The result is a tension between the Homeric story the film seeks to reconstruct and the modern moral drama superimposed upon it. This tension, I believe, accounts for much of the film's weakness.
When we turn, however, to the horizon of the Chinese tradition, a more intriguing possibility emerges. The moral dimension of Nolan's Odysseus may be closer to certain aspects of Confucian thought than to the Homeric model. Confucian relational role ethics can be interpreted as encouraging a form of moral self-consciousness in which responsibility, integrity, and the cultivation of the self become increasingly internalized. In this qualified sense, one might speak of a movement from "shame" towards something resembling a "guilt" culture.
The Golden Rule is also prominent in Confucian teaching. Furthermore, the demand to examine and rectify one's conduct in accordance with
yi (righteousness), while cultivating
ren (benevolence or humaneness), can be understood as pointing toward a more inward and spiritual form of the Greek
nostos: a return not simply to one's geographical home, but to one's moral center, situated within a network of relationships.
In addition, Nolan's relative downplaying of divine intervention, and his tendency to integrate the divine dimension into a more naturalistic moral order, may make his construal more congenial to the practical ethos of Chinese philosophy than to a worldview grounded explicitly in metaphysical theology.
There is, therefore, a certain paradox. Although Nolan's film may be criticized as an interpretation of Homer, its very misreading of the epic may enable it to contribute to a dialogue between East and West. By transforming Odysseus into a figure whose moral conscience combines Christian, Kantian, and perhaps unexpectedly Confucian elements, Nolan brings into contact traditions that otherwise belong to very different intellectual worlds. His
Odyssey is not true to Homer's spirit. But precisely for this reason, it raises questions about how different civilizations understand responsibility, moral identity, the relation between the individual and the community, and, ultimately, the meaning of returning home.
The author is a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Secretary of the Center of Greek and Chinese Civilizations. [email protected]。 北京时间8月21日,今天哈登和骑士达成了3年9700万的续约合同,在签下这份合同之后,哈登生涯总收入也是跻身5亿行列,说到这了,NBA历史总收入前十是谁?我们一起来看看吧,这份榜单当中只有现役球员了,因为现役球员的薪资实在是太高了。

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第十亚历山大,生涯总收入4.696亿,在25年的时候,亚历山大和球队签下了一份4年2.7亿的超级顶薪,这也让他直接春天了,而且亚历山大才28岁,未来肯定还会拿下更大的合同,在明夏他可能生涯总收入超7亿。

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第九利拉德,生涯总收入4.82亿,在重回开拓者之前,利拉德一直拿着超级顶薪,即便说他和开拓者签下一份3年4100万的合同,这里面也有雄鹿此前延期买断,每年超2000万的合同,所以下赛季利拉德年收入还是3000万+。
第八浓眉,生涯总收入4.857亿,浓眉这个球员是既要又要的代表人物之一,他一直索要大合同,而且还要求球队能够赢球,不能赢球我逼宫、不给超级顶薪我也逼宫,今夏一直和奇才要2.7亿续约,被拒绝了。

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第七恩比德,生涯总收入5.093亿,在24年休赛期恩比德和球队签下了一份3年1.9亿的提前续约合同,大帝也是从初入联盟时期就拿着球队能给的最大合同,上赛季总薪资更是联盟第二,别看出勤率低,但钱挣得够多。
第六哈登,生涯总收入5.11亿,登哥这还是之前在76人降薪、以及在快船牺牲了薪资,不然他早就达到5亿了,在签下这份合同之后,哈登生涯将会至少打20个赛季,这对于登迷来说是值得高兴的。
第五乔治,生涯总收入5.169亿,乔治为什么能赚这么多?因为他一直在追寻大合同,这位是人间清醒,他想要赢球,但是他更想要薪资,当初留在洛杉矶不好吗?在家人身边,而且适合居住,但是乔治为了赚钱选择远走他乡。
第四布克,生涯总收入5.2亿,布克在去年夏天的时候得到了一份2年1.3亿的续约合同,这位自从生涯第一次续约开始,他就拿着最大的合同,太阳把布克当做非卖品,而布克也识趣,球队能赢球我就赢,不能赢我就跟着摆烂,不去追总冠军,所以赚了这么多。
第三库里,生涯总收入5.327亿,库里可能会成为了联盟首个6亿先生,他在近期可以签下一份2年1.3亿的续约合同,而且据美媒报道勇士非常有兴趣续约他,虽然生涯第一份续约合同是童工合同,但过去几年一直是联盟第一顶薪,勇士够意思了。
第二詹姆斯,生涯总收入5.893亿,詹姆斯如果今夏选择要一份1500万的中产合同,估计他也超6亿了,但老詹想在生涯最后的阶段继续品尝总冠军的滋味,所以他选择了降薪加盟76人,生涯赚了这么多也可以了。
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