Philosophy of Verticality

The book by philosopher Natalia Melentyeva is dedicated to radical questions of metaphysics, political philosophy, and social teachings. The author examines the causes of the degeneration of Western civilization — from nominalism to liberalism, materialism, and atheism, critically analyzing the anti-theistic origins of modern Western culture of the modern and postmodern eras, revealing the roots that push people to rebellion against reality. The texts explore the metaphysical roots of liberalism, individualism, terrorism, gnosticism, analyze the strategies of traditionalism and the method of paradigmatic analysis, the problems of the decolonization of the Russian consciousness, censorship, and reflect on the striking phenomena of modern Western cinema. The book contains a deep and penetrating analysis of the philosophical views of Daria Dugina — the author's daughter, a representative of a new generation of Russian intellectuals. For a wide range of readers interested in contemporary philosophy, political science, art, and cinema.