TY  - JOUR
T1  - Reframing the Concepts of Identity and Difference Through the Lens of Dialogical Transversal Politics
TT  - Kimlik ve Farklılık Kavramlarının Diyalog Temelli Çapraz Politika Üzerinden Yeniden Değerlendirilmesi
AU  - Dinçer, Pelin
PY  - 2019
DA  - March
Y2  - 2019
DO  - 10.26466/opus.509667
JF  - OPUS International Journal of Society Researches
JO  - opus
PB  - İdeal Kent Yayınları
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2528-9527
SP  - 1762
EP  - 1785
VL  - 10
IS  - 17
LA  - en
AB  - In this study, it is argued that identity politics produces amisrecognition of differences. Even though identity politics purports tosupport diversity, it actually tends to incarcerate groups within simplifiedcategories and reified identities, while assuming an illusionary homogeneitywithin groups. Therefore, it has the tendency to ignore intra-group differencesand contributes to the perpetuation of existing stereotypes related to thegroups, which minimise the potential for interaction among those with differentidentities. This paper aims to present a political and conceptual tool,transversal politics, in which the emphasis is on the “message”, not the “messenger”,as a form of dialogical politics and an alternative to the limitations ofidentity politics. Transversal politics emphasises that it is not the identityof the messenger that is important, but the message and the communication.Establishing transversal dialogue among groups requires respecting groups’multiple positionings and it allows us to examine those entangled issues individuallyand collectively, which transcends one of the central drawbacks of bothidentity politics and universalist ideologies. With a focus on dialogicaltransversal politics, this study provides an alternative approach to understanddifferences to some degree.
KW  - Identity
KW  - identity politics
KW  - transversal politics
KW  - dialogical politics
N2  - Bu çalışmada, kimlikpolitikalarının farklılıkların yanlış tanımlamasını ürettiği tartışılmıştır.Kimlik politikaları tartışmalarında çeşitliliğin desteklendiği savunulsa dahi,gruplar içerisinde yanıltıcı bir homojenlik varsayılmakla birlikte, gruplarınbasitleştirilmiş kategoriler ve maddeleştirilmiş kimlikler içinde hapsedilmesieğilimi mevcuttur. Bu nedenle, kimlik politikalarının grup içi farklılıklarıgörmezden gelme eğilimi bulunmakta, gruplarla ilgili var olan kalıp yargılarınsürekliliğine katkıda bulunmakta ve farklı kimlikleri olan kişiler ve gruplararasındaki etkileşim potansiyelini en aza indirmektedir. Bu çalışma, vurgunun“mesajı ileten kişi” den ziyade “mesaj” da olduğu politik ve kavramsal bir araçolan çapraz politikayı, bir diyalog politikası biçimi ve kimlik politikalarınınsınırlamalarına bir alternatif olarak sunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Çapraz politika,önemli olanın mesajı iletenin kimliğinden ziyade mesajın kendisinde veiletişimde olduğunu vurgulamaktadır. Gruplar arasında çapraz diyalog kurmakgrupların çoklu konumlarına saygı duymayı gerektirmekte ve bu, birbirinegeçişken sorunları hem ayrı ayrı hem de birlikte incelememize imkân vererek hemkimlik politikalarının hem de evrensel ideolojilerin temel sakıncalarınınötesine geçiş imkânı sağlamaktadır. Diyalog temelli çapraz politikaya dayananbu çalışma, farklılıkları anlamak için bir ölçüde alternatif bir yaklaşımsunmaktadır.
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