Research Article

Nietzschean Gift Model as an Alternative to Potlatch Culture in Turkish Cinema: The Movie Kosmos

Volume: 12 Number: Özel Sayı October 25, 2023
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Nietzschean Gift Model as an Alternative to Potlatch Culture in Turkish Cinema: The Movie Kosmos

Abstract

Potlatch defines the ceremonies where pre-market economy societies come together for celebration and exchange gifts. This universal culture based on giving-accepting and giving back more than enough, aims to destroy the surplus value and spend to the furthest extent. Although gift carries traces of potlatch culture today, it has evolved into gifting consumer products as an expression of love on specific days that have become a ritual of capitalism. This study analyzes the “gift” not with its function in the potlatch or consumer culture but with the dimension of transcendence of humans in a philosophical sense. Therefore, the focus of this study is not Mauss and the anthropologists or sociologists who are in this line, but Nietzsche, who defines the gift as giving oneself rather than giving what one has and interprets that gifting type as one of the key concepts in the transition from human to superhuman. This research claims that in Turkish cinema, the gift is included with the functions and meaning systems in potlatch culture. However, the movie Kosmos deconstructs these systems and leads the audience to Nietzschean thoughts about gifts. In conclusion, an alternative gift model to potlatch culture is presented in Kosmos.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Movie Review

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 25, 2023

Submission Date

August 22, 2023

Acceptance Date

September 26, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 12 Number: Özel Sayı

APA
Ateş, C. (2023). Nietzschean Gift Model as an Alternative to Potlatch Culture in Turkish Cinema: The Movie Kosmos. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 12(Özel Sayı), 338-351. https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.1348005
AMA
1.Ateş C. Nietzschean Gift Model as an Alternative to Potlatch Culture in Turkish Cinema: The Movie Kosmos. MJSS. 2023;12(Özel Sayı):338-351. doi:10.33206/mjss.1348005
Chicago
Ateş, Cenk. 2023. “Nietzschean Gift Model As an Alternative to Potlatch Culture in Turkish Cinema: The Movie Kosmos”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 12 (Özel Sayı): 338-51. https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.1348005.
EndNote
Ateş C (October 1, 2023) Nietzschean Gift Model as an Alternative to Potlatch Culture in Turkish Cinema: The Movie Kosmos. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 12 Özel Sayı 338–351.
IEEE
[1]C. Ateş, “Nietzschean Gift Model as an Alternative to Potlatch Culture in Turkish Cinema: The Movie Kosmos”, MJSS, vol. 12, no. Özel Sayı, pp. 338–351, Oct. 2023, doi: 10.33206/mjss.1348005.
ISNAD
Ateş, Cenk. “Nietzschean Gift Model As an Alternative to Potlatch Culture in Turkish Cinema: The Movie Kosmos”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 12/Özel Sayı (October 1, 2023): 338-351. https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.1348005.
JAMA
1.Ateş C. Nietzschean Gift Model as an Alternative to Potlatch Culture in Turkish Cinema: The Movie Kosmos. MJSS. 2023;12:338–351.
MLA
Ateş, Cenk. “Nietzschean Gift Model As an Alternative to Potlatch Culture in Turkish Cinema: The Movie Kosmos”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, vol. 12, no. Özel Sayı, Oct. 2023, pp. 338-51, doi:10.33206/mjss.1348005.
Vancouver
1.Cenk Ateş. Nietzschean Gift Model as an Alternative to Potlatch Culture in Turkish Cinema: The Movie Kosmos. MJSS. 2023 Oct. 1;12(Özel Sayı):338-51. doi:10.33206/mjss.1348005

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