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Year 2025, Issue: 71
https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1732227

Abstract

References

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  • Bonilla-Silva, E. (2014). Racism without racists: Colour-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in America (4th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield.
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  • Hamid, M. (2022). The last white man. Penguin Books.
  • Kafka, F. (1999). The Metamorphosis. Planet Pdf.
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  • Whitehead, A. (2022, August 29). Review: The beauty and dread of Mohsin Hamid’s ‘The Last White Man’. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/

Year 2025, Issue: 71
https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1732227

Abstract

References

  • Allen, C. (2010). Islamophobia. Ashgate.
  • Bonilla-Silva, E. (2014). Racism without racists: Colour-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in America (4th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Carmichael, S., & Hamilton, C. V. (1967). Black power: The politics of liberation in America. Vintage Books.
  • Charles, R. (2022, August 2). In The Last White Man, Mohsin Hamid explores a society where race suddenly shifts. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/
  • Crick, B. (2009). Kafka’s Metamorphosis and the language of transformation. Modern Language Review, 104(1), 29–47.
  • Derrida, J. (2002). Philosophy in a time of terror: Dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida. University of Chicago Press.
  • Delgado, R., & Stefancic, J. (2001). Critical race theory: An introduction. NYU Press.
  • Fanon, F. (2008). Black skin, white masks (R. Philcox, Trans.). Grove Press. (Original work published 1952)
  • Foucault, (1970). The Order of Discourse,  Untying the text: a post-structuralist reader. Translated by Ian McLeod.
  • Gates, H. L. Jr. (2022, August 3). The last white man and the fiction of color. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/
  • Gilroy, P. (1993). The Black Atlantic: Modernity and double consciousness. Harvard University Press.
  • Hamid, M. (2022). The last white man. Penguin Books.
  • Kafka, F. (1999). The Metamorphosis. Planet Pdf.
  • Lopez, I. H. (1996). White by law: The legal construction of race. NYU Press.
  • Pickering, M. (2001). Stereotyping: The politics of representation. Palgrave Macmillan. Said, E. W. (1997). Covering Islam: How the media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world (Rev. ed.). Vintage.
  • Whitehead, A. (2022, August 29). Review: The beauty and dread of Mohsin Hamid’s ‘The Last White Man’. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/

HAMİD’İN SON BEYAZ ADAMI

Year 2025, Issue: 71
https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1732227

Abstract

“Bir sabah beyaz bir adam olan Anders uyandığında koyu ve inkâr edilemez bir kahverengiye dönüştüğünü fark eder... Mohsin Hamid’in Son Beyaz Adam’ı (2022) böyle başlar. Metamorfozunun hemen ardından kabus dolu günler geçiren koyu kahverengi/beyaz bir adamın portresini çiziyor. Bu ani metamorfoz, Anders’i, genellikle toplumsal çalkantı ve trajik olayların eşlik ettiği yaygın benzer dönüşümlere tanık olduğu, kendi kendine empoze ettiği bir izolasyon dönemine iter. Roman, toplumsal ahlakın ve baskı altındaki yakın ilişkilerin kırılganlığını hızlı bir şekilde ortaya koyarken, özellikle 11 Eylül sonrası yabancı düşmanlığıyla yankılanan ırkçılık ve ayrımcılığın ebedi dönüşünü ön plana çıkarıyor. Bu makale, Hamid’in romanının 21. yüzyılın yabancı düşmanı yansımaları için güçlü bir metaforik benzetme işlevi gördüğünü ve mülteci krizi, Black Lives Matter ve COVID-19 salgını gibi çağdaş krizlerle paralellikler kurduğunu savunmaktadır. Franz Kafka’nın Metamorfoz’unu yankılayan Hamid, sorunsallaştırılmış ‘ötekiliği’ ve ‘beyazlığın’ ayrıcalıklı statüsünü sorguluyor. Nihayetinde bu analiz, Son Beyaz Adam’ın kutuplaştırıcı ulusal tanımlar, Küresel Kuzey’in üstünlüğü iddiası, salgınla ilgili komplo teorileri ve ısrarcı kültürel önyargılar arasında uzun süredir uykuda olan yabancı düşmanlığının yeniden ortaya çıkışını nasıl aydınlattığını keşfedecektir.

References

  • Allen, C. (2010). Islamophobia. Ashgate.
  • Bonilla-Silva, E. (2014). Racism without racists: Colour-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in America (4th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Carmichael, S., & Hamilton, C. V. (1967). Black power: The politics of liberation in America. Vintage Books.
  • Charles, R. (2022, August 2). In The Last White Man, Mohsin Hamid explores a society where race suddenly shifts. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/
  • Crick, B. (2009). Kafka’s Metamorphosis and the language of transformation. Modern Language Review, 104(1), 29–47.
  • Derrida, J. (2002). Philosophy in a time of terror: Dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida. University of Chicago Press.
  • Delgado, R., & Stefancic, J. (2001). Critical race theory: An introduction. NYU Press.
  • Fanon, F. (2008). Black skin, white masks (R. Philcox, Trans.). Grove Press. (Original work published 1952)
  • Foucault, (1970). The Order of Discourse,  Untying the text: a post-structuralist reader. Translated by Ian McLeod.
  • Gates, H. L. Jr. (2022, August 3). The last white man and the fiction of color. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/
  • Gilroy, P. (1993). The Black Atlantic: Modernity and double consciousness. Harvard University Press.
  • Hamid, M. (2022). The last white man. Penguin Books.
  • Kafka, F. (1999). The Metamorphosis. Planet Pdf.
  • Lopez, I. H. (1996). White by law: The legal construction of race. NYU Press.
  • Pickering, M. (2001). Stereotyping: The politics of representation. Palgrave Macmillan. Said, E. W. (1997). Covering Islam: How the media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world (Rev. ed.). Vintage.
  • Whitehead, A. (2022, August 29). Review: The beauty and dread of Mohsin Hamid’s ‘The Last White Man’. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/

THE LAST WHITE MAN OF HAMID

Year 2025, Issue: 71
https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1732227

Abstract

“One morning Anders, a white man, woke up to find he had turned a deep and undeniable brown …”. Thus starts Mohsin Hamid’s The Last White Man (2022). He portrays a dark brown/white man who is going through nightmarish days just after his metamorphosis. This sudden metamorphosis thrusts Anders into a period of self-imposed isolation, during which he witnesses widespread similar transformations, often accompanied by societal upheaval and tragic events. The novel swiftly exposes the fragility of societal morality and intimate relationships under duress, foregrounding an eternal return of racism and discrimination, particularly resonant with post-9/11 xenophobia. This paper argues that Hamid’s novel serves as a powerful metaphorical analogy for the xenophobic reflections of the 21st century, drawing parallels with contemporary crises such as the Refugee Crisis, Black Lives Matter, and the COVID-19 pandemic. By echoing Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Hamid interrogates the problematized ‘Otherness’ and the privileged status of ‘whiteness.’ Ultimately, this analysis will explore how The Last White Man illuminates the resurfacing of long-dormant xenophobia amidst polarizing national definitions, the assertion of Global North superiority, pandemic-related conspiracy theories, and persistent cultural prejudices.

References

  • Allen, C. (2010). Islamophobia. Ashgate.
  • Bonilla-Silva, E. (2014). Racism without racists: Colour-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in America (4th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Carmichael, S., & Hamilton, C. V. (1967). Black power: The politics of liberation in America. Vintage Books.
  • Charles, R. (2022, August 2). In The Last White Man, Mohsin Hamid explores a society where race suddenly shifts. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/
  • Crick, B. (2009). Kafka’s Metamorphosis and the language of transformation. Modern Language Review, 104(1), 29–47.
  • Derrida, J. (2002). Philosophy in a time of terror: Dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida. University of Chicago Press.
  • Delgado, R., & Stefancic, J. (2001). Critical race theory: An introduction. NYU Press.
  • Fanon, F. (2008). Black skin, white masks (R. Philcox, Trans.). Grove Press. (Original work published 1952)
  • Foucault, (1970). The Order of Discourse,  Untying the text: a post-structuralist reader. Translated by Ian McLeod.
  • Gates, H. L. Jr. (2022, August 3). The last white man and the fiction of color. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/
  • Gilroy, P. (1993). The Black Atlantic: Modernity and double consciousness. Harvard University Press.
  • Hamid, M. (2022). The last white man. Penguin Books.
  • Kafka, F. (1999). The Metamorphosis. Planet Pdf.
  • Lopez, I. H. (1996). White by law: The legal construction of race. NYU Press.
  • Pickering, M. (2001). Stereotyping: The politics of representation. Palgrave Macmillan. Said, E. W. (1997). Covering Islam: How the media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world (Rev. ed.). Vintage.
  • Whitehead, A. (2022, August 29). Review: The beauty and dread of Mohsin Hamid’s ‘The Last White Man’. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/
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Primary Language English
Subjects British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, Postcolonial Literature
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Reyhan Özer Taniyan 0000-0002-0285-1787

Early Pub Date October 16, 2025
Publication Date October 18, 2025
Submission Date July 1, 2025
Acceptance Date August 30, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Issue: 71

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APA Özer Taniyan, R. (2025). THE LAST WHITE MAN OF HAMID. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi(71). https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1732227
AMA Özer Taniyan R. THE LAST WHITE MAN OF HAMID. PAUSBED. October 2025;(71). doi:10.30794/pausbed.1732227
Chicago Özer Taniyan, Reyhan. “THE LAST WHITE MAN OF HAMID”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 71 (October 2025). https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1732227.
EndNote Özer Taniyan R (October 1, 2025) THE LAST WHITE MAN OF HAMID. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 71
IEEE R. Özer Taniyan, “THE LAST WHITE MAN OF HAMID”, PAUSBED, no. 71, October2025, doi: 10.30794/pausbed.1732227.
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JAMA Özer Taniyan R. THE LAST WHITE MAN OF HAMID. PAUSBED. 2025. doi:10.30794/pausbed.1732227.
MLA Özer Taniyan, Reyhan. “THE LAST WHITE MAN OF HAMID”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 71, 2025, doi:10.30794/pausbed.1732227.
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