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1 online resource (x, 268 pages) : illustrations |
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Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture, 1569-9463 ; v. 39 |
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Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 39.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: motivation of the study -- Theoretical relevance of the study -- methodological framework -- Nature of the source material -- organization of the book -- pt. I socio-historical context -- ch. 1 makings of the historical image of the Turk: Metaphors, stereotypes, and memories occupying the French collective imaginary -- early medieval image of the Turk -- Renaissance image of the Turk: Friend or foe? -- first encounter with the Mamamouchi -- gaze of the Other: The Parisian mode of Turqueries -- specter of Oriental despotism -- Turkey in the writings of the nineteenth century French Orientalists -- new image of Republican Turkey -- ch. 2 Contextualizing French attitudes towards Turkey's possible EU membership -- France and European integration: A historical perspective -- community option: A difficult choice -- France's attitudes to Turkey's European aspirations in retrospect -- Beyond the referendum: Reshuffling ideas, strange coalitions -- France in transition: Immigration and the crisis of republican universalism -- pt. II discourse analysis -- ch. 3 Analyzing manifest discourse: A critical content analysis of the French debate on Turkey's EU membership -- Drawing the imaginary frontiers of Europe: Essentialist arguments -- question of Turkey's unqualifying democracy -- On Turkey's duty to recognize its past -- question of Turkey's demography and economy -- Geo-strategic evaluations -- ch. 4 Representations and Othering in discourse -- analysis of referential, nomination and predication strategies -- Exploring the characteristics of the Turkish Other -- Arguing for or against Turkey's EU membership: Argumentation strategies -- Rhetorical analysis and metaphors -- Mitigating derogatory discourse |
| Summary |
This volume examines the construction of Turkey's possible European Union accession in French political discourse. In today's France, heated debates regarding Turkey's EU membership are turning into an essential part of European identity formation. Once again, the ̀Turkish Other' functions as a mirror for defining not only the ̀European Self', but also European values. By providing a genuine and multi-disciplinary approach for studying the Otherness attributed to Turkey, this book contributes to our understading of the Self/Other nexus in International Relations. Within a Critical Discourse Analysis framework, this study explores the socio-historical basis of the construction of Turkey's Otherness in an attempt to identify the processes through which past memories, representations, images and fantasies regarding Turkey are inserted into the French social imaginary. Focusing on these significations, which are (re)produced and become manifest through language, this book strives to uncover the link between discourse and political action |
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"Beyza Tekin's book helps us make sense of the complexities in an unusually detailed and explicit way by deploying the sophisticated techniques we now have for the analysis of discourse. This is a book with historical depth. It is also a book that offers precise analysis. Historians, sociologists, policymakers, as well as discourse analysts - all have much to learn from this book." Paul Chilton, University of Lancaster |
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"This is an original and insightful study of the construction of Turkey in French political discourse and offers a valuable analysis of the formation of European identity." Gerard Delanty, University of Sussex |
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"From the Saracen slayer to the ally of renaissance Kings to civilisation's apprentice to hotly contested EU applicant-here the changing social fact of Turkey in French discourse is given its fullest treatment to date." Iver B. Neumann, author of Uses of the Other ̀the East' in European Identity Formation --Book Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
European Union
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| SUBJECT |
European Union fast |
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Discourse analysis -- Political aspects
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Communication in politics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Vocabulary.
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Communication in politics
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Discourse analysis -- Political aspects
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Public opinion, French
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Turkey -- Foreign public opinion, French
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| Subject |
Turkey
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789027287885 |
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9027287880 |
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