Foucault okumak ve özellikle de bir ders dahilinde onu anlatmak oldukça zor bir iş. İktidar, yönetimsellik, söylem, disiplin, itaatkar bedenler, gözetim vs gibi kavramların içselleştirilmesi, gündelik hayatla birlikte … More
Category: Michel Foucault
Insight Islamophobia: Governing the public visibility of Islamic lifestyle in Turkey
Our article co-authored with Prof. Ali Murat Yel entitled “Insight Islamophobia: Governing the Public Visibility of Islamic Lifestyle in Turkey” … More
Ben, Öteki, Kayıp Şehir
Türkiye’de öteki, bütün suskunluğuyla cazibeli bir benliğin sınırlarını belirlemeye devam ediyor. Levinas ve Said’in ortaya koymuş olduğu devasa literatürden esinlenerek … More
Approaching Woody Allen’s "Zelig" through the Lens of Cultural Theory
“He was the phenomenon of twenties. When you think that, he was as well-known as Lindbergh. It’s really quite astonishing.” … More
Starbucks İşgali ve Mutena Kampüs
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi kampüsünde açılan Starbucks’a karşı yürütülen öğrenci aktivizmi kamuoyunda ciddi yankı buldu. Protesto duyurularını yapmak için açılan blog sayfasında … More
Halide Edip’s “Inside India” as a Postcolonial Text of Literature in the Age of Orientalism
First published in London 1937, Halide Edip’s “Inside India” provides an account of Indian Independence movement of 1935. In this … More
“Bare Life”, “Bio-politics” and “the Camp”: An Investigation of the Death of Festus Okey
In this essay I will undertake a discussion of Giorgio Agamben’s notions of “bare life”, “the camp” and Foucauldian bio-politics … More
On Performativity and Minor Literature
Introduction: Performativity of Literature, Transformation, Repetition Michel Foucault states that, “one writes in order to become other than what one … More
[Questions]
_ I have been recently attending one of my master’s class, in which we were discussing the relationship between anthropology, … More
Festus Okey vs. Aurelio Controversies: A Foucauldian Perspective
Michel Foucault states that “the ancient right to take life or let live was replaced by a power to foster … More