Crafting Turkish National Identity, 1919-1927

ISBN-13: 9780367715038 / Miękka / 2023 / 208 str.

USA) Morin Aysel (East Carolina University

Opis

Examining Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s Büyük Nutuk (The Great Public Address), this book identifies the five founding political myths of Turkey: the First Duty, the Internal Enemy, the Encirclement, the Ancestor, and Modernity. 

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Rhetoric, Nationalism, and the Turkish Case  1. Constitutive Rhetoric and Nationalism  2. Development of Turkish Nationalism: Questions of identity from Ottomans to Turks  Part 2: The Founding Myths  3. The Myth of the First Duty  4. The Myth of the Internal Enemy  5. The Myth of the Ancestor  6. The Myth of Encirclement  7. The Myth of the Modernity  Part 3: Semiotic Universe of Contemporary Turkish Politics  8. Characteristics of the Collectivization Process and Militarization  9. AKP and the Current Deployment of Myths in Political Discourse  Final Thoughts

O autorze

Aysel Morin is an associate professor in the School of Communication at East Carolina University, USA. Her research involves the rhetorical construction of collective identities, political and public discourse, critical and cultural studies, nationalism, and history.