The possibility of realizing traditional cinema among traditionalists

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Philosophy of Art, Faculty of Philosophy of Art, University of Islamic Art and Thought, Qom, Iran
Abstract
Hekmat Khaleda is a proponent of a trend that emerged in the twentieth century and considers its most important task to be the revival and defense of the tradition that emerged in these civilizations - through the explanation and clarification of the concept of tradition and traditional civilizations. Rene Guenon, Ananda Coomaraswamy and Fridtje Schwan are considered to be the founders of this trend. Titus Burckhardt, Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Martin Lings are among the most important traditionalists who have created works on art.
In this article, we intend to first examine the place of cinema in the artistic thought of these thinkers and then the possibility of realizing traditional cinema in their work. In the first step and to enter into the discussion in detail, it is necessary to briefly define tradition and modernity in order to be able to explain the meaning of traditionalism, and then we will discuss what cinema is and the grounds for the formation of this modern art-industry. Next, assuming the realization of religious cinema among traditionalists and from this approach, we will re-read the art of cinema and the conditions for the possibility of realizing traditional cinema in the thought of these philosophers.

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