Människans behov av fiktion
Den rörliga bildens förmåga att beröra människan på djupet
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54807/kp.v20.30100Nyckelord:
world views, the reflexive self, extended self, utopian reflexiveness, visual culture, film viewing, meaning-makingAbstract
This article is analyzing how people in late modern society characterized by de-traditionalization and individualization, use moving images as a cultural resource for the construction of meaningful subjective world views. The article makes use of empirical data to illustrate and theoretically develop perspectives on how the audience uses fiction film in every-day life to elicit self-reflection and how film engagement is interconnected to spectator's creation of self images (Giddens 1991, Axelson 2008, Vaage 2009a), but also how cinematic experiences could be a resource for the spectators' construction of more profound and long-lasting ideas of being part of a moral community (Brereton 2005, Jerslev 2006, Klinger 2008, Vaage 2009b). Some empirical findings support a conclusion that moving images create a transitional space for the human mind helping the individual with an ongoing process of transforming the self, dealing with who you actually are, and who you want to become (Axelson 2008, Vaage 2009b). Other case studies show how the audience experience meaning in watching films, providing insights about meaning in life and general lessons of life value (Oliver & Hartmann 2010).
