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Symptomatic enjoyment: a postcolonial and psychoanalytic interpretation of Turkey’s relations with the European Union
Journal of International Relations and Development ( IF 1.333 ) Pub Date : 2020-02-22 , DOI: 10.1057/s41268-020-00189-6
Paula Sandrin

This article aims to provide a postcolonially and psychoanalytically informed interpretation of the durability, longevity and depth of Turkish political actors’ (of almost all political orientations) quest to become a member of the European Union (EU), in spite of continuous frustrations and setbacks. It argues that psychoanalytic notions, such as Lacan’s enjoyment as social fantasy and social symptom, and postcolonial insights on the psychic effects of dehumanisation can help us understand not only historical and contemporary ambivalent Turkish views and attitudes towards EU/Europe, but the persistence of the EU membership bid even among political actors, such as the Justice and Development party (AKP), which otherwise appear resistant to the EU. It maintains that other possible explanations of Turkey’s persistence can be deepened by a reading which takes into account the affective dimension of politics and of identification processes in contexts of material and symbolic hierarchy.

中文翻译:

症状享受:对土耳其与欧盟关系的后殖民和精神分析解释

本文旨在对土耳其政治行动者(几乎所有政治方向)寻求成为欧盟 (EU) 成员的持久性、持久性和深度提供后殖民和精神分析的解释,尽管不断遇到挫折和挫折. 它认为,精神分析概念,例如拉康作为社会幻想和社会症状的享受,以及对非人化的心理影响的后殖民见解,不仅可以帮助我们理解土耳其对欧盟/欧洲的历史和当代矛盾的观点和态度,而且可以帮助我们理解甚至在正义与发展党 (AKP) 等政治行为体中也竞相加入欧盟,否则这些政党似乎对欧盟有抵触情绪。
更新日期:2020-02-22
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