Critical Theory and Philosophy

The experience of democracy in Turkey since its introduction in 1950 has been bloody, chequered but persistent. The complex cultural and economic stratification of Turkish society, together with its unique geopolitical status, straddling Eastern and Western zones of influence, in part accounts for the turbulence of Tu…

The concept of community plays a central role in Kant's theoretical philosophy, his practical philosophy, his aesthetics, and his religious thought. Kant uses community in many philosophical contexts: the category of community introduced in his table of categories in the Critique of Pure Reason; the community of subst…

The experience of democracy in Turkey since its introduction in 1950 has been bloody, chequered but persistent. The complex cultural and economic stratification of Turkish society, together with its unique geopolitical status, straddling Eastern and Western zones of influence, in part accounts for the turbulence of Tu…

This review critically analyzes James Scott's book, Domination and the Arts of Resistance. Scott's account explores the mysteries of unequal power relations in society and the reflection of human behavior in the intellectual world. The book examines the reflections of people's positions on their actions in social life…

• MAZHAR İSLAM RAHMAN

On 31 May 2013, a localized demonstration against the destruction of a public park at the heart of Istanbul (Gezi Park) spiraled into a nationwide anti-government protest cycle of unprecedented for...

Nussbaum's capabilities approach is based on a universalistic account of central human functionings. She claims that if central human capabilities are located within a particular kind of political liberalism, then they can become specific political goals and the object of an overlapping consensus among people who othe…

• PINAR UYAN SEMERCİ

Scholarly activity presupposes a certain distance from the concerns of everyday life, which has both liberating and crippling effects. Bourdieu’s reflexive sociology hopes to undo these crippling effects by making the scholar aware of the limits of his/her ‘liberation’. Through his emphasis on the practical content of…

• MEHMET NEDİM KARAKAYALI

Prelude: Occupy Turkey Altug Yalcintas 1. Intellectual Disobedience in Turkey Altug Yalcintas 2. Political Potential of Sarcasm: Cynicism in Civil Resentment Secil van het Hof 3. Vernacular Utopias: Mimetic Performances as Humour on Gezi Park and Bay?nd?r Street Utku Balaban 4. Gezi Protests and the LGBT Rights Moveme…

• ALTUĞ YALÇINTAŞ

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• CEREN ÖZSELÇUK

This paper attempts to describe the conditions necessary for the furthering of democracy in Turkey by focusing on a certain conception of democratic legitimacy that goes beyond formal arrangements. It argues that the effective participation of citizens in democratic procedures is necessary for the consolidation of dem…

• ÜLKÜ DOĞANAY

This article explores Max Weber’s theory of inequality and social stratification. In the first section, we explore Weber’s sociological methods applied in a stratification framework, multiple causalities, and probability and subjective factors. In the second section, Weber’s multiple conceptions of class, status, and…

• KEMAL AYDIN

Derrida’s deconstruction aims not only to understand language, text or meaning but also the postmodern universe which replaces the modern one and in which we live. Derrida thinks that the meaning can be attributed to other meanings or significance than the Western metaphysics deem by means of deconstruction. Therefore…