2023 Cilt 22 Sayı 2

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The possibility of forgiveness: Aristotle versus Derrida
(Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2023-08-23) Çakmakkaya, Eda; Bravo, Işıl Bayar
The aim of this paper is to deal with the possibility and its conditions of forgiveness in the theory of Derrida and Aristotle. Aristotle contends that forgiveness is/should be under specific circumtances; otherwise, it is owing to some defects emanating from the forgiver, contrary to Derrida’s assertion that a pure forgiveness is unconditional. The study will try to question which of the given designs in relation to forgiveness is more competent in terms of fairness and feasibility by considering whether it is progressive. It will be claimed as a result that Derrida's notion of unconditional forgiveness does not defend the forgiver's rights, causes alienation from justice, and has a detrimental effect rather than being progressive. Contrarily, it will be argued that Aristotle's idea of conditional forgiveness treats the forgiver and the forgiven fairly, operates on the premise of justice, and should be applied to social practices because of its progressive effect.
The search for value in the new Turkish cinema: Creating values or creating appropriate conditions for it
(Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2023-09-24) Ateş, Cenk
This study problematizes New Turkish Cinema through the concept of “value” and takes Zeki Demirkubuz and Reha Erdem from the universe of independent directors as an example. The fact that both directors have common philosophical projections in their films makes this choice meaningful. The question sought to be answered in the study is how both directors responded in their films to the attempt to overcome the sense of worthlessness created by modernism on the individual. This study, which was designed on a qualitative pattern and used the parameters of philosophical analysis, was limited to the cinema of Zeki Demirkubuz and Reha Erdem, and it was assumed that the effort to create new value to overcome nihilism in New Turkish Cinema could not be mentioned apart from these two directors. The findings show that Zeki Demirkubuz and Reha Erdem’s films show new life possibilities to the audience, and they focus on the creation or constitution of a space of freedom for a new creation, not exploration in the search for value. In other words, it can be said that both directors, following the footsteps of Nietzsche, Camus and Sartre, give priority to ‘destruction’ rather than ‘construction’ in their films and that this destruction is functional in terms of showing the audience new life possibilities.
The beckettian narration of absurdity in waiting for godot
(Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2023-09-22) Hashemipour, Saman
This study questions whether the hollow of muddy people with a hollow and hope for a savior in the current state of the world is significant. The debate polls a thought-provoking result for the purview of no end in sight through a query of the drama play, Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, which abstractly demonstrates a symbolic situation of humanity dramatically. Beckettian theater, deeply immersed in the constant silence of Beckett’s narration, is a shallowed experience beyond the stage. Following the pure consummation of Beckett, a twirl for a resumption is potentially tossing aside the sentimentalization of looking backward. Waiting for Godot comprises a message of solidarity of human beings by keeping a loof the conceptualization of a life that is no longer portrayed in the failed form of narration boundaries due to the lack of coherence, rupture, and discontinuity. Beckett, the messenger of universal degeneration, assigns ingenuity to expose human beings’ inhuman relations in a frivolous life. He equalizes societies with meaningful essentials and portrays the problems of anyone struggling to get a foothold today. Imaging the absurdity of existence, he demonstrates philosophical absurdity and questions a continuous perpetual certainty in the realm of drama.
Totalitarianism and individualism unveiled: Hobbes and Orwell
(Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2023-09-24) ÖZEN BAYKENT, UFUK
George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four holds significant importance today partly because it remains relevant to contemporary society and partly because it warns the societies against totalitarianism. On the other hand, Thomas Hobbes holds a contrary view in terms of the political system he defends, a view shaped by the circumstances his country was in. The present study aims to examine the portrayal of totalitarianism in Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four and to explore what Hobbes contrarily argues about the necessity of a powerful authority in the establishment and continuity of a harmonious society. The writings by Orwell and Hobbes, the implications the novel carries for fundamental questions about personal freedom, autonomy, and the stifling of individuality will be analyzed by addressing to the concept of totalitarianism that is related to the arguments proposed by Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan. A philosophical consideration of the novel and comparison of how Orwell and Hobbes reacted the idea of totalitarianism in two different ways in their own contexts will encourage us to examine our own political systems, media, and societal norms today

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