Dehumanisation in Caryl Churchill’s Seven Jewish Children

Year 2020, Volume: 24 Issue: 2, 605 - 623, 21.06.2020

Yeliz Biber Vangölü Nazan Ercisli

Abstract

Theorised in the 2000s, dehumanisation, the practice of which has been common since ancient times, is based on the assumption that other people or groups are less human. The aim of this article is to examine dehumanisation, a phenomenon which we frequently encounter in today’s societies, in Seven Jewish Children by Caryl Churchill who is one of the leading contemporary British playwrights. In this examination of dehumanisation, social identity theory, binary oppositions, otherness based on the oppositions of self and other, orientalism and dehumanisation theories are discussed in connection with each other. By doing so, this study aims to present a framed discussion about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that is still an ongoing issue today.

Keywords

Caryl Churchill, Seven Jewish Children, Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Caryl Churchill’in Seven Jewish Children Adlı Oyununda Gayri-İnsanileştirme Olgusu

Abstract

Eski çağlardan bu yana uygulamalarına sıkça rastlanan ve 2000’li yıllarda kuramsallaştırılan gayri-insanileştirme, diğer insanların veya grupların daha az insan oldukları varsayımına dayanır. Bu makalenin amacı çağdaş İngiliz tiyatrosunun önde gelen yazarlarından Caryl Churchill’in Seven Jewish Children isimli oyununda günümüz toplumlarında sıkça karşılaştığımız gayri-insanileştirme olgusunu ele almaktır. Bu incelemede gayri-insanileştirme; sosyal kimlik kuramı, ikili karşıtlıklar, ben ve öteki karşıtlığında ötekileştirme, şarkiyatçılık ve gayri-insanileştirme kuramları ile bağlantılı olarak incelenmektedir. Bu çalışma böylelikle günümüzde halen devam etmekte olan Filistin-İsrail çatışması hakkında bir tartışma çerçevesi sunmayı amaçlamaktadır.

Keywords

Caryl Churchill, Seven Jewish Children, Filistin-İsrail Çatışması

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