The Real and The Imaginary Thresholds of Ottoman Subjectivity

ISBN-13: 9783847312437 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str.

Coskun Tastan

Opis

What instruments play what kind of roles in the creation of subjective positions? Examining the formation of Ottoman subjectivity as a case, this study is an attempt to find original answers to this question. The study bases itself on the opportunities offered by a particular psychoanalytic theory, namely, that of a French psychoanalyst, Jacques Lacan. Two of Lacan s productively scrutinized concepts, namely the real and the imaginary , are borrowed here to build up theory of thresholds , without any hesitation yet to bend and reshape those concepts whenever necessary. The study attempts to analyze the instruments that play the role of thresholds in the formation of the dualism of inside-outside , under two general headings: The real thresholds and the imaginary thresholds .

O autorze

Dr. Co kun Ta tan: Studied sociology and philosopy in Middle East Technical University, Ankara. Studied psychoanalysis under the mentorship of Professor Lewis A. Kirshner of BPSI, when he was a visiting researcher at Harvard University between 2007-2009. Assistant professor of sociology and director of Continous Education Center at A ÇÜ, Turkey.