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PERFORMING ASABIYYAH in DAVID GREIG’S PLAY THE EVENTS: BELONGING, COLLAPSE, AND KHALDUNIAN INSIGHT
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This article offers a Khaldunian reading of David Greig’s The Events, a contemporary play that explicitly references the 14th-century historian and philosopher Ibn Khaldun and his concept of asabiyyah—the social cohesion or group solidarity that undergirds the formation, endurance, and eventual decline of political communities. Rather than approaching the play primarily through the lens of trauma or radicalisation, the study foregrounds the structural dynamics of communal disintegration and ethical responsibility. Through an analysis of The Boy’s ideological rhetoric and Claire’s moral decisions, the article delineates two divergent responses to the erosion of social bonds: one rooted in exclusion, ressentiment, and symbolic purification; the other grounded in mutual vulnerability, shared practice, and moral restraint. While the play invokes Khaldunian concepts, it also reveals the danger of their misappropriation. The Boy distorts asabiyyah, converting it from a principle of ethical solidarity into a rationale for violence, tribal fantasy, and cultural exclusion. Drawing on Khaldun’s thought alongside Bauman, Butler, Levinas, and Anderson, the article reinterprets The Events as a meditation on the fragility of collective life and the ethical possibilities of reconstructing solidarity in the aftermath of ideological collapse.
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Etik Beyan
It is declared that scientific and ethical principles have been followed while carrying out and writing this study and that all the sources used have been properly cited.
Kaynakça
- Anderson, B. (2006). Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism (Rev. ed.). Verso.
- Bauman, Z. (2003). City of fears, city of hopes. Goldsmith’s College, University of London.
- Bauman, Z. (2018). Kapımızdaki yabancılar (E. Barca, Trans.). Ayrıntı Yayınları.
- Butler, J. (2009). Frames of war: When is life grievable? Verso.
- Butler, J. (2020). Precarious life: The powers of mourning and violence. Verso.
- Greig, D. (2013). The Events. Faber and Faber. https://play.google.com/books/
- Greig, D. (2014, July 4). The Events—Q&A with writer, David Greig. BBC Writers Room. https://www.bbc.co.uk/writers/blog/the-events-qa-with-writer-david-greig/
- Hudson, J. (2017). The extreme right and the limits of liberal tolerance in David Greig’s ‘The Events’ and Chris Thorpe’s ‘Confirmation’. Comparative Drama, 51(3), 306–337.
Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili, Edebiyatı ve Kültürü, Çağdaş Tiyatro Çalışmaları, Edebiyat Sosyolojisi
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Yayımlanma Tarihi
31 Aralık 2025
Gönderilme Tarihi
6 Ağustos 2025
Kabul Tarihi
29 Aralık 2025
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2025 Cilt: 8 Sayı: 4
APA
Yılmaz, K. Ç. (2025). PERFORMING ASABIYYAH in DAVID GREIG’S PLAY THE EVENTS: BELONGING, COLLAPSE, AND KHALDUNIAN INSIGHT. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, 8(4), 1952-1964. https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.1759687
AMA
1.Yılmaz KÇ. PERFORMING ASABIYYAH in DAVID GREIG’S PLAY THE EVENTS: BELONGING, COLLAPSE, AND KHALDUNIAN INSIGHT. UDEKAD. 2025;8(4):1952-1964. doi:10.37999/udekad.1759687
Chicago
Yılmaz, Kadriye Çiğdem. 2025. “PERFORMING ASABIYYAH in DAVID GREIG’S PLAY THE EVENTS: BELONGING, COLLAPSE, AND KHALDUNIAN INSIGHT”. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 8 (4): 1952-64. https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.1759687.
EndNote
Yılmaz KÇ (01 Aralık 2025) PERFORMING ASABIYYAH in DAVID GREIG’S PLAY THE EVENTS: BELONGING, COLLAPSE, AND KHALDUNIAN INSIGHT. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 8 4 1952–1964.
IEEE
[1]K. Ç. Yılmaz, “PERFORMING ASABIYYAH in DAVID GREIG’S PLAY THE EVENTS: BELONGING, COLLAPSE, AND KHALDUNIAN INSIGHT”, UDEKAD, c. 8, sy 4, ss. 1952–1964, Ara. 2025, doi: 10.37999/udekad.1759687.
ISNAD
Yılmaz, Kadriye Çiğdem. “PERFORMING ASABIYYAH in DAVID GREIG’S PLAY THE EVENTS: BELONGING, COLLAPSE, AND KHALDUNIAN INSIGHT”. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 8/4 (01 Aralık 2025): 1952-1964. https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.1759687.
JAMA
1.Yılmaz KÇ. PERFORMING ASABIYYAH in DAVID GREIG’S PLAY THE EVENTS: BELONGING, COLLAPSE, AND KHALDUNIAN INSIGHT. UDEKAD. 2025;8:1952–1964.
MLA
Yılmaz, Kadriye Çiğdem. “PERFORMING ASABIYYAH in DAVID GREIG’S PLAY THE EVENTS: BELONGING, COLLAPSE, AND KHALDUNIAN INSIGHT”. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, c. 8, sy 4, Aralık 2025, ss. 1952-64, doi:10.37999/udekad.1759687.
Vancouver
1.Kadriye Çiğdem Yılmaz. PERFORMING ASABIYYAH in DAVID GREIG’S PLAY THE EVENTS: BELONGING, COLLAPSE, AND KHALDUNIAN INSIGHT. UDEKAD. 01 Aralık 2025;8(4):1952-64. doi:10.37999/udekad.1759687