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    • The collector's world 

      Diken, Bülent; Laustsen, Carsten Bagge (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 ...

    • The despotic imperative: From Hiero to the circle 

      Diken, Bülent (Duke University Press, 2019)
      The article thematizes the actuality of despotism through a double reading of Xenophon’s Hiero and Dave Eggers’s Circle. A key text on despotism, Hiero is interesting to reconsider in a contemporary context because of its ...

    • "Life is a state of mind' - on fiction, society and Trump 

      Diken, Bülent; Laustsen, Carsten Bagge (Routledge Journals, 2017)
      The article undertakes an allegorical double reading of Being There and Trump as instances of what we call socio-fiction. Crucially in this respect, reality and fiction are not two opposed realms. The two realms always ...

    • Migration the sociology of mobility and critical theory 

      Diken, Bülent (Taylor & Francis, 2018)
      Being one of my PhD supervisors John’s influence on my intellectual life has been decisive in many respects. However his work has inspired me especially in relation to three fields: immigration the sociology of critique ...

    • Neo-Despotism as Anti-Despotism 

      Diken, Bülent (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 ...