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Neo-Despotism as Anti-Despotism
(Sage Publications, 2021)
I treat despotism as a virtual concept. Thus it is necessary to expose its actualizations even when it appears as its opposite, refusing to recognize itself as despotism. I define despotism initially as arbitrary rule, in ...
A Moebial Ride through Polanski's Repulsion
(Univ Pittsburgh, 2020)
This article examines Roman Polonski's film Repulsion from a psychoanalytic perspective by attending Julia Kristeva's notion of abjection. This paper deals primarily with two main focal points. First, it focuses on the ...
Cinema Has Split the Girl's Soul Into Pieces: Scrutinizing Representations of Women in Films From Turkey
(University of Southern California, 2020)
The 1980s in Turkey were marked by the emergence of new cinematic forms, including films dealing with issues regarding female subjectivity. This article argues that within the scope of an extensive body of films produced ...
The collector's world
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francıs Ltd, 2020)
The article discusses the figure of the collector. We start with positioning the collector in relation to a lack, emphasizing that collecting is not about aesthetic beauty, pleasure or even perfectness, but primarily about ...