“The Hour of the Pig” is a 1993 British/French film by writer/director Leslie Megahey, produced by the BBC. In…
The Movie “Brother Sun Sister Moon”: Christian Mysticism, Poverty and the Franciscan Order
The movie “Brother Sun Sister Moon” clearly depicts the emergence of Fransiscan movement in 13th century Italy. Briefly, mysticism emerged as…
The Movie "Destiny", Ibn Rushd, Averroism
The film ”Destiny” presents a depiction of Ibn Rushd’s life, which is exactly 12th century in Andalusia where Aristotelianism in…
Notes on Marco Polo’s Travel Accounts (2): Seeing Ridley Scott’s "Kingdom of Heaven"
After seeing Ridley Scott’s movie, “Kingdom of Heaven”, together with reading Marco Polo travels, what I was interested in was…
Notes on Marco Polo’s Travel Accounts (1)
I have been doing some readings on history, especially between 10th-15th centuries. I’m sharing my notes here on Marco Polo’s…
Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemi Elitlerinde "Çocukluk" ve "Gençlik" Olguları Üzerine Yorumlar
Colin Heywood Batı’da çocukluğun tarihinden bahsederken, 20. yüzyılın sonlarına doğru çeşitli sosyologlar tarafından öne sürülen çocukluk olgusuna dair üç farklı…
A Cultural Experiment on the Tale of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
Would you like to read my version of the well-known tale “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”? Enjoy and please…
Postmodern Marx: “No need for pessimism, they’ll rescue you: The Transnational Proletariat!”
I just found one of my presentation papers in the archive from 2008-2009 semester in which I comparatively discuss the…
Questions for Discussion
1) Emily S. Apter, in her article “Saidian Humanism”, states that “humanism was integral to his (Said’s) vision of cultural…
Narratives of Women Prisoners: From the Transformative Effect of Literature to the Transformative Effect of the Prison as a Space
1- Further Remarks on Hafci’s and Ay’s Narratives In my previous writings on textual analysis, I focused on two…
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