ETIČKI I PSIHOANALITIČKI STAVOVI NA MODELU LIKOVA IZ ROMANA „FARENHAJT 451‟
ETHICAL AND PSYCHOANALYTIC ATTITUDES MODELLED AFTER THE CHARACTERS OF THE NOVEL „FAHRENHEIT 451”

Summary/Abstract: Through the prism of psychoanalytic and humanistic theoretical frameworks, we will deal with psycho-social problems and present the existential difficulties of the main characters in the novel „Fahrenheit 451”, certainly in the light of their described economic, political, socio-cultural context. In order to emphasize the importance of rational, autonomous, moral decisions of individuals who are under the influence of destructive collectivity, we will strive to emphasize the importance of individuality in critical circumstances when viral, manipulative conformist influence is prevalent. We will consider and present the deviant behavior of citizens (in the novel) who are constantly exposed to the „influence” of totalitarian authority that unquestioningly imposes the way of life itself and repressively imposes modus vivendi on all the citizens. Analyzing the mental states and social events in the civic life of the main characters of this novel, we will also indicate how an individual becomes politically passive when under the destructive, deceptive influence of the mass media - we will clearly determine how a healthy individual is being lost in the service of a useful, pragmatic collective“. We will explain a way in which an individual, through socially-useful actions, can influence the creation of a more favorable, humane, cultural socio-political climate in an authoritarian state (not a democratic environment) - we will also accentuate the instances of the ways in which a revolutionary individual can resist a toxic environment and successfully oppose it thanks to its civic reactivity and effective participation.

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