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Politics, History, and Culture

Modernlik Nostaljisi

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Esra Özyürek bu kitabında, laik devlet ideolojisi, politikası ve sembolizminin ev, işyeri, piyasalar, sivil toplum gibi özel alanlarda nasıl yeni bir hayat ve meşruiyet bulduğunu anlamaya çalışıyor. Yazar ‘nostalji' ve ‘toplumsal bellek' kavramları üzerinde sıklıkla durarak geçmişe, özellikle de cumhuriyetin ilk yıllarına duyulan özlemin, toplumun belirli bir kesimini nasıl harekete geçirdiğini ve kamusal-özel, siyasal-siyasal olmayan, meşru-gayri meşru diye görülen alanlar arasındaki hızla aşılan sınırları araştırıyor. Türkiye'de siyasal alanın ve devlet-yurttaş ilişkileri zemininin kendine özgü ama küresel gelişmelerle bağlantılı bir tarzda nasıl değiştiğine odaklanıyor. Yazar neoliberal sembollerin popülerleşerek, güçlü devlet ideolojileri ve devlet güdümlü modernleşme projelerinin nostaljik anılarıyla yeni bağlamlara tercüme edildiğini gösteriyor. Özelleştirme, piyasa tercihi ve iradecilik gibi neoliberal sembollerle Kemalizmin devletçi, ulusalcı ve modernist ideolojisinin sembollerinin 1990'larda beklenmedik bir şekilde iç içe geçişini irdeliyor. Kemalist siyasal, entelektüel ve askerî elit ve onların destek gördükleri sivil kesimlerin, siyasal İslama karşıt olarak, kendi ideolojilerini ve mevkilerini korumak için devlet otoritesi dışında piyasa güdümlü neoliberal sembollerden sık sık yararlandıklarını savunuyor. Esra Özyürek bir antropolog olarak bu kitabında, "içeriden bildiği" Türkiye'ye dışarıdan bakıyor.

258 pages, Paperback

First published August 9, 2006

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June 30, 2012
What happens when the semiotics of Foucault meets a dissertation student's desire to understand the cultural shifts in her home country? The result is Nostalgia for the Modern , a close examination of the mythologizing of Kemal Ataturk. The Children of the Republic, those who were born during the early 20th-century reign of the Founder, allowed a utopian ideal of a secular Islamic state to supplant their own personal identities. Now, as Turkey is pulled to the West by EU dreams and IMF/IBRD reforms and pulled to a conservative center by Muslim fundamentalism, many Turks have inherited this fictional idealism of Ataturk and have transplanted its politics into their private lives. Building on a fairly solid foundation of semiology and ethnography, Ozyurek offers fascinating portrayals of the average citizen and briefly speculates what is at stake for her country.
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October 3, 2024
Esra Özyürek explores how Kemalism was revived in Turkish society during the early 2000s, just after the February 28 process and the rise of the AK Party. The book examines how the state's establishment formed an alliance with Kemalist segments of society, using various cultural practices such as exhibitions, national celebrations, and consumer culture to reproduce Kemalist ideology. Through these examples, Özyürek shows how nostalgia for Kemalism was woven into everyday life, offering valuable insights into the socio-political dynamics of the time and its relevance today. For anyone looking to understand the dynamics of early 2000s Turkey, this book serves as an important resource, helping readers grasp how the Kemalist narrative was reshaped to confront the growing influence of political Islam. It also provides valuable insights for understanding today’s political and cultural climate in Turkey.
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