Using a qualitative discourse analysis, this article aims at introducing the sub-discipline of Critical Pedagogy (CP) to
the studies of International Relations (IR), incorporating the orientalist text analysis into CP and arguing over the
orientalist texture of the undergraduate education of IR in Turkey. It is argued here that due to the Western-centrism
of CP studies, they ‘forget’ to bring into question the orientalist tone of the standardized Western curricula, next to
the main discussions of academic capitalism and neoliberal instrumentalization of education. Making an investigation
of the curricula and the fundamental reading materials over ten selected IR programmes in Turkey, this article both
recalls this need of orientalist inquiry in CP studies and provides a fresh perspective for the scholarly analysis of the IR
education in Turkey. The findings suggest a non-critical reproduction of the Western literature for the Turkish IR as
well as a continuation, if not reinforcement, of this literature by the Turkish-speaking academia. As a result, it is argued
here that the orientalist subtext of concepts, including radical Islam, Jihadism, fundamentalism, Islamic terror, the
Third World, underdevelopment, etc., has become a part of the IR literature in Turkey.
International Relations Critical Pedagogy Orientalism Education Turkey
Uluslararası İlişkiler Eleştirel Pedagoji Oryantalizm Eğitim Türkiye
Birincil Dil | Türkçe |
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Bölüm | Araştırma Makalesi |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 1 Mart 2019 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2019 Cilt: 16 Sayı: 61 |