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Published 2010.
Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 39
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 culminating related ...
Published 2010.
Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 39
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 culminating related to the ongoing process of European identity formation: thus, the 'Turkish Other' functions as a mirror in delineating the European Self in general and European values in particular. This book attempts to contribute to our understanding of the Self/Other nexus in international relations by providing a genuine and multi-disciplinary approach for studying the Otherness attributed to Turkey. 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 work strives to uncover the link between discourse and political action.
