Nomos of the swamp: Concept of the project of "partisan ethics" in belarus

Abstract

The article reconstructs the main concepts of the "partisan myth" in the Belarusian culture of the post-war period as an important element of Belarusian identity in the field of political and economic life, collective and family memory, the education system, mass culture. The peculiarities of understanding the "idea of a partisan", implicitly presented in Belarusian literature of the war and post-war period, are reconstructed. An interest in the ethical and existential issues as characteristic of the Belarusian "partisan narrative" is demonstrated: for the war period - the idea of fighting the enemy and the idea of a revenge, for the post-war period - the idea of an individual moral choice in a border situation. To designate partisan activity in a situation of uncertainty and ethical problems associated with it, it is proposed to use the metaphor "nomos of the swamp" by analogy with the terms of the famous theorist of partisan warfare C. Schmitt and due to the importance of swamp image for Belarusian culture. © 2021 Matica Srpska. All rights reserved.