“Snow Piercer” Movie and The Age of Radical ‘Transformation’: ‘New World’ Order Following ‘Industrialization’

Year 2025, Issue: 14, 106 - 135, 27.06.2025

Hasan Yüksel

https://doi.org/10.56676/kiad.1542337

Abstract

This study examines Snowpiercer (2013) in the context of the New World Order that emerged after industrialization. Industrialization and its various causes and consequences have dramatically transformed human history and trade. It has significantly altered labor relations and the balance between production and consumption, laying the groundwork for establishing new economic and political systems. The discovery of the steam engine at the beginning of the 19th century and its implementation in factories and production marked a significant change in society, indicating that life would never be the same again. Therefore, it is appropriate to view this period as a turning point in human history within the context of 'change' and 'transformation.' This radical transformation and its consequences have also attracted the interest of cinema as an academic discipline. To put it in another way, cinema gives the audience the opportunity to contemplate social, economic, political, and historical issues with 'implicit' and 'explicit' messages whilst it entertains them.

Keywords

Industrialization , Labor Relations , Labor Studies , Cinema

“Kar Küreyici” Filmi ve Büyük ‘Dönüşüm’ Çağı: ‘Sanayileşme’ ve Sonrası Dönemde ‘Yeni Dünya’ Düzeni

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Kar Küreyici (2013) filmi özelinde sanayileşme ve sonrasında inşa edilen yeni dünya düzenini ve neden olduğu sorunsalları analiz etmek amaçlanmaktadır. Hiç şüphesiz, sanayileşme ortaya koyduğu muhtemel sonuçlar ve neden olduğu radikal değişimlerle birlikte insanlık tarihini ve ticaret hayatını, çalışma ilişkilerini, üretim ve tüketim dengesini temelinden sarsmış, yepyeni bir ekonomi politik düzenin gelişimine zemin hazırlamıştır. 19. yüzyıl başında buharlı makinenin bulunması ve bu yeni teknolojinin fabrikalarda ve üretimde kullanılması artık hiçbir şeyin eskisi gibi olmayacağının işareti olarak değerlendirilmektedir. Dolayısıyla bu dönemi ‘değişim’ ve ‘dönüşüm’ bağlamında insanlık tarihinde bir kırılma noktası olarak ele almak yanlış olmayacaktır. Bahse konu köklü değişim ve neden olduğu sonuçlar bir bilim dalı olarak sinemanın da ilgisini çekmektedir. Nitekim sinema, bir taraftan izleyiciyi eğlendirirken, diğer taraftan verdiği ‘açık’ veya ‘örtülü’ mesajlarla onlara sosyal, ekonomik, politik veya tarihi konularla ilgili derinlemesine düşünme imkânı da tanımaktadır.

Keywords

Sanayileşme , Çalışma İlişkileri , Emek Çalışmaları , Sinema

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