Defining contexts of the Postcolonial, the post-Soviet, and the Peripheral – The Case of Georgia [Определение контекстов постколониального, постсоветского и периферийного — пример Грузии]

Year 2023, Volume: 8 Issue: 14, 57 - 82, 31.05.2023

Aleksandre Ebralidze , Ketevan Grdzelidze

https://doi.org/10.21488/jocas.1278002

Abstract

Defining contexts of the Postcolonial, the post-Soviet, and the Peripheral – The Case of Georgia [Postkolonyal, post-Sovyet ve periferik kavramlarının çerçevesi: Gürcistan Örneği]

Abstract

In some approaches, the post-Soviet condition is comparable to postcolonial. Yet, another approach defines the post-Soviet as a general context and studies its’ peripheral conditions. Within the framework of this approach, post-Soviet represents context, and the periphery is an additional attestation to it. An internal center produces an internal periphery which is represented as a marginal, dependent, and less significant subject. This internal peripheralization and marginalization is represented as a specific construct and considered a post-Soviet, postcolonial occurrence. These specific constructs include the term peripheral as a secondary element. The present article is an attempt to avoid the hyper-definitions produced by the terms post-Soviet and postcolonial, by defining the term peripheral as a secondary component, which is always in bipolar antagonism with its’ center. The autonomous character of the term peripheral is shown in the case of Georgia, which is mainly studied under the general definition of post-Soviet and postcolonial.

Keywords

Peripheral, post-Soviet, postcolonial, Georgia

Defining contexts of the Postcolonial, the post-Soviet, and the Peripheral – The Case of Georgia [Postkolonyal, Post-Sovyet ve Periferik Kavramlarının Çerçevesi: Gürcistan Örneği]

Abstract

Bu makale, periferik (peripheral) terimini, her zaman merkeziyle iki kutuplu bir karşıtlık içinde olan ikincil bir bileşen olarak tanımlayarak, post-Sovyet ve postkolonyal terimlerinin ürettiği tireli tanımlardan kaçınma girişimidir. Periferik teriminin özerk karakteri, postkolonyal ve post-Sovyet çalışmalarında gösterilmiştir. Esas olarak post-Sovyet ve postkolonyal genel bağlamsal tanımı altında incelenen Gürcistan örneği, muğlak bir şekilde tanımlanmış tikelliği temsil eder. Bazı yaklaşımlarda, post-Sovyet durumu postkolonyal durumla karşılaştırılabilir, yine başka bir yaklaşım post-Sovyet'i genel bir bağlam olarak tanımlar ve çevre koşullarını inceler. Makalede, ilgili terimlerin çeşitli tanımlarını ve bunların Sovyetler Birliği'nin dağılmasından sonra Gürcistan için kullanımlarını gözden geçiriyoruz. Sonuç olarak, bu makale postkolonyal, post-Sovyet ve periferik terimlerinin tanımlarını ve bunların Gürcistan bağlamındaki etkilerini gözden geçirmeyi amaçlamaktadır.

Keywords

Periferik, Post-Sovyet, postkolonyal, Gürcistan

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