Book review: Radaev V.V. Watching movies, exploring life: 23 sociological essays. – 3rd ed., suppl. – Moscow: Publishing house of the Higher School of Economics, 2025. – 464 p.
Book review: Radaev V.V. Watching movies, exploring life: 23 sociological essays. – 3rd ed., suppl. – Moscow: Publishing house of the Higher School of Economics, 2025. – 464 p.
The book under review attempts to analyze the relation
between movies and the real world. It shows how national and foreign
films reflect the realities of contemporary life: the dynamics of public
change and the intergenerational conflicts it causes; the specifics of a
national character; the hardships of letting go of the past; human behavior
in crisis conditions; and the difficulties a person experiences when
interacting with new technologies.
Keywords
cinema and everyday life; movies; cinematic sociology.
