Research Article

Ontological Grammar of the Empire Versus The Ideological Logic of The Nation-State

Volume: 24 Number: 95 September 30, 2019
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Ontological Grammar of the Empire Versus The Ideological Logic of The Nation-State

Abstract

In this article, the empire and nation-state are tried to be reinterpreted and imagined from the metaphors of grammar and logic. Metaphors of grammar and logic are used to indicate an opportunity and necessity. Ontology and ideology are the basis on which this metaphor builds itself. Accordingly, the empire was envisioned as an ontological grammar and was positioned as a de facto situation on the axis of the concepts of difference, depth, authenticity, justice, merit, flexibility, tradition, heterogeneity and cosmopolitanism. On the other hand, the nation-state is positioned as an a priori imposition of necessity on the axis of similarity, equality, artificiality, elitism, rigidity, and homogeneity. The transition from empire to nation-state was demonstrated to represent its philosophical break from ontology,the sociological transition from the milla to the mass, the return from the economically sharing and solidarity structure to a capitalist system where capital is centralized , ethically its divergence from justice, and the political shift from nation to an ethnical secular nationalism.

Keywords

Empire,Nation-state,Logic,Grammar,Ontology,Ideology

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APA
Ulukütük, M. (2019). İmparatorluğun Ontolojik Grameri versus Ulus-Devletin İdeolojik Mantığı. Liberal Düşünce Dergisi, 24(95), 67-86. https://doi.org/10.36484/liberal.605860