“Güçlü ama Kaygılı Devlet”: Türkiye’de Ontolojik Güvensizlik ve Kaygı Üzerine Fantasmal Anlatılar

Year 2022, Volume: 19 Issue: 73, 65 - 79, 09.04.2022

Umut Can Adisonmez , Recep Onursal

https://doi.org/10.33458/uidergisi.1094402

Cited By: 6

Abstract

Türkiye’de devletin beka sorununa ilişkin siyasi söylem hegemonik bir söylemdir. Bu söylemin merkezinde Sévr Fobisi yani Türkiye’nin onu yok etmeye hazır iç ve dış düşmanlarla çevrili olduğu fikri yatmaktadır. Bu makale, Türkiye’de devletin beka sorununa ilişkin siyasi söyleminin zaman içerisinde kendini nasıl devam ettirdiğini ve bu söylemin kolektif varoluş biçimini nasıl etkilediğini açıklamayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu doğrultuda makale, fantasmal anlatıların hegemonik söylemin sürdürülmesinde ve kolektif kaygının yönetilmesinde önemli bir rol oynadığını savunuyor. Birincisi, fantazmatik anlatılar süregiden güvensizlikler için iç rahatlatıcı bir açıklama sunarak ve kaygıyı katlanılabilir bir hale getirerek sosyo-politik alanın okunmasını kolaylaştırırlar. İkincisi, fantasmal alıntılar ontolojik güvenlik söyleminin siyasi boyutunu tartışmalardan uzak tutarak ideolojik bir güç görevi görürürler. Post-yapısalcı Söylem Teorisi’nden (PST) ve Ontolojik Güvenlik Teorisi’nden (OGT) yararlanan bu makale, Türkiye’de devletin beka sorununa ilişkin siyasi söylemi sorunsallaştırıyor ve analiz ediyor.

Keywords

Ontolojik Güvenlik, Söylem, Sévr Fobisi, Hegemoni, Devletin Bekası Meselesi

“Strong, but Anxious State”: The Fantasmatic Narratives on Ontological Insecurity and Anxiety in Turkey

Abstract

The political discourse on the problem of state survival in Turkey is hegemonic. What is central to this discourse is Sévresphobia: the idea that Turkey is surrounded by internal and external enemies who are ready to destroy it. This article aims to explain why the political discourse on the problem of state survival in Turkey sustains itself over time and how it captures the collective mode of being. The article argues that fantasmatic narratives play an important role in maintaining the hegemonic discourse and governing collective anxiety. First, fantasmatic narratives simplify the socio-political space by offering a comforting explanation for the ongoing insecurities and making anxiety tolerable. Second, they act as an ideological force by keeping the political dimension of the discourse on ontological security at bay. Drawing on the Post-foundational Theory of Discourse (PTD) and Ontological Security Theory (OST), the article problematizes and analyzes the political discourse on the problem of state survival in Turkey.

Keywords

Ontological Security, Discourse, Sévresphobia, Hegemony, The Problem of State Survival

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