Моисеев Петр Алексеевич - кандидат философских наук.
614000, Пермь, ул. Газеты «Звезда», д. 18.
Pyotr A. Moiseev - Candidate of Philosophy.
18 Gazety ‘Zvezda' St., Perm, 614000.
Рецензия посвящена книге Люка Болтански «Тайны и заговоры». Отмечается ряд логических, фактических и методологических ошибок, допущенных французским социологом (в частности, недопустимость сближения детектива и «шпионского романа» на предлагаемых автором книги основаниях), и, как следствие, сомнительность многих выводов, сделанных в рецензируемой работе.
The review deals with Luc Boltanski's Mysteries and Conspiracies [Enigmes et complots]. The following is noted as defects of the reviewed book: detective fiction is associated with anxieties that question the framework of modern reality. Such attribution, it is argued, results from inaccurate comparison of detective fiction to a spy novel. The reviewer identifies contradictions in the definition of detective fiction: on the one hand, it is characterised by the proverbial anxiety. On the other, the writer suggests that unravelling a mystery normalises the ‘integrity of predictable expectations.' In addition, Boltanski confuses detective fiction with police procedural novels as well as the concepts of genre and theme with regard to spy novels (as a result, he dwells on ‘the genre of the spy novel,' even though spy novels are written in a number of genres). The review particularly criticises Boltanski's assessment of A. Conan Doyle's prose.
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest present.