Catherine Macmıllan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4436847 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine Macmıllan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Macmıllan |
| SIGNATURE | MACMILLAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yeditepe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3915-1530 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Excluding the evil Neighbour? A Lacanian ontological security approach to Reform UK and Rassemblement Nationa l’s discourse on immigration
This paper explores the discourse of two radical right populist parties, the British Reform UK and the French Rassemblement National, on immigration from the perspective of ontological security – the security of being, in terms of identity and autonomy. From a Lacanian perspective, ontological security is, however, unattainable, its illusion sustained by a fantasmatic narrative of a wholeness to come. In the discourse of both parties, this takes …
Tourism and migration as threat and/or promise: Autoimmunity and hospitality in Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer’s Grand Hotel Europa
This article explores Pfeijffer’s novel Grand Hotel Europa using Derrida’s concepts of autoimmunity and hospitality, showing how openness to the Other can be potentially both risky and generative. Pfeijffer depicts a continent trapped in a deadly nostalgia: mass tourism has turned it into a giant theme park in a suicidal autoimmunity which tends to destroy the very authenticity which attracts it in the first place. Pfeijffer also critiques Europe…
Ontological (In)security in the Rassemblement National’s dystopian narrative of the EU
This paper explores the two most recent extended manifestos on Europe (2019) of the French populist radical right party Rassemblement National (RN), previously known as the Front National (FN), from a narrative perspective. The perspective used is based on the Narrative Policy Framework’s focus on the setting, plot, characters and moral of the narrative combined with a generic approach. Rather than the ‘classical’ genres of tragedy, comedy, roman…
Welcoming the enemy within: Hospitality, autoimmunity and the blood feud in Ismail Kadare’s Broken April
The protagonist of Kadare’s novel Broken April, set in the North Albanian Plateau, is required to kill his brother’s murderer according to the rules of the Kanun, a customary code of law according to which blood must be avenged, sometimes leading to generations of vendetta. In this context, the paper discusses the themes of hospitality and the blood feud in the novel, both of which play an important role in the Kanun, from the perspective of Derr…
Narrating the Nation? National Identity and the Uncanny in De Bernières’ Birds without Wings
Informed primarily by Bhabha and Kristeva's theories of national identity and the uncanny, the article examines the themes of nation building, migration and the uncanny in Louis de Bernières’ Birds Without Wings. It also explores the cosmopolitan nature of the late Ottoman Empire, as portrayed by de Bernières, from the perspective of critical cosmopolitan theory and Bhabha's concept of vernacular cosmopolitanism. The novel depicts the fortunes of…
A profoundly discriminatory entity? A discourse mythological analysis of the AKP’s discourse on the EU
This article focuses on an analysis of the recent discourse of Turkey’s governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) on the European Union, in the context of increasing de-Europeanisation in Turkey and the increasing lack of credibility of Turkey’s accession prospects. The analysis is informed by the Discourse Mythological Approach, which combines the analysis of political myth with Critical Discourse Analysis (in this case, the Discourse Histor…
The Witch(ES) of Aiaia: Gender, Immortality and the Chronotope in Madeline Miller’s Circe
This article explores Madeline Miller’s Circe from the perspective of Bakhtin’s concept of the chronotope, the inseparability of space and time in fiction. The article focuses on the chronotopes of the road, the idyll and the threshold in the novel, and how these intersect with its themes of gender and immortality. The island of Aiaia acts as a threshold, transforming all who cross it. Circe’s life on the island, however, is a repetitive idyll; o…
Welcome to the carnival? Podemos , populism and Bakhtin’s carnivalesque
The paper examines the political discourse of the Spanish political party Podemos through the lens of Bakhtin’s carnivalesque. Although it was originally used in literary analysis, the carnivalesque is a useful metaphor in politics, in particular for understanding political challenges to the dominant authority. Thus, while the paper concurs that the discourse of Podemos exhibits features of populism, it argues that the carnivalesque can provide a…
Reversing the Myth? Dystopian narratives of the EU in Ukip and front national discourse
The paper examines the discourse of UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the Front National on the EU from the point of view of political myth. It is argued that the discourse of the two Eurosceptic parties reverses the founding myth of the EU as a quasi-utopian haven of peace and prosperity following the traumatic experiences of World War 2, where values such as democracy, freedom and human rights can flourish. In contrast, the Front National and UK…
Turkey's Carnivalesque Challenge to the EU's Monologue: A Response to Nykänen
The paper explores Turkey–EU relations from a Bakhtinian perspective. Nykänen (2011), also using a Bakhtinian perspective, has argued that the EU's stance in the accession process, particularly that of Turkey, has been monologic, which stymies the process by not allowing Turkey to ‘answer back’. This paper argues, in contrast, that, albeit in the context of a lack of dialogue, Turkey has indeed attempted to answer back to the EU through informal …
The Return of the Reich? A Gothic Tale of Germany and the Eurozone Crisis
In the context of the current Eurozone crisis, this paper argues that the economic crisis has provoked a crisis of identity in the EU. This paper examines popular discourse on Germany and Angela Merkel in the Eurozone periphery, France and the UK according to which Europe is effectively being colonised by Germany—the so-called ‘Fourth Reich’. Using theories of fear and disgust including Burke's Sublime, Kristeva's Abject and, especially, Freud's …
Competing and Co-Existing Constructions of Europe as Turkey's ‘Other(s)’ in Turkish Political Discourse
The paper analyses the various ways in which Europe/the EU is represented as Turkey's Other in the discourse of the four main Turkish political parties. The analysis is carried out according to the definition of five forms of Othering in International Relations proposed by Diez (2005) and Manners (2006) as well as the conception of Other as superior proposed, for instance, by Zarakol (2011). In contrast to traditional Kemalist discourse, which te…
Privileged Partnership, Open Ended Accession Negotiations and the Securitisation of Turkey's EU Accession Process
This paper argues that Turkey's accession to the EU has been securitised by the French and German right, according to the Copenhagen School's constructivist explanation of securitisation as a ‘speech act’. Moreover, like other critical security schools, the Copenhagen School argues that security is not limited to the state or the military, but that securitisation may take place in other sectors, with the political, economic, environmental and soc…
The Application of Neofunctionalism to the Enlargement Process: The Case of Turkey
This article examines Turkey's EU accession process from a neofunctionalist viewpoint in an attempt to understand why it has proceeded so far despite considerable opposition from some of the Member States. It argues that, although neofunctionalist spillover can account for this, the eventual outcome is still far from certain
The Application of Neofunctionalism to the Enlargement Process: The Case of Turkey
This article examines Turkey's EU accession process from a neofunctionalist viewpoint in an attempt to understand why it has proceeded so far despite considerable opposition from some of the Member States. It argues that, although neofunctionalist spillover can account for this, the eventual outcome is still far from certain
Welcome to the carnival? Podemos , populism and Bakhtin’s carnivalesque
The paper examines the political discourse of the Spanish political party Podemos through the lens of Bakhtin’s carnivalesque. Although it was originally used in literary analysis, the carnivalesque is a useful metaphor in politics, in particular for understanding political challenges to the dominant authority. Thus, while the paper concurs that the discourse of Podemos exhibits features of populism, it argues that the carnivalesque can provide a…
Competing and Co-Existing Constructions of Europe as Turkey's ‘Other(s)’ in Turkish Political Discourse
The paper analyses the various ways in which Europe/the EU is represented as Turkey's Other in the discourse of the four main Turkish political parties. The analysis is carried out according to the definition of five forms of Othering in International Relations proposed by Diez (2005) and Manners (2006) as well as the conception of Other as superior proposed, for instance, by Zarakol (2011). In contrast to traditional Kemalist discourse, which te…
Reversing the Myth? Dystopian narratives of the EU in Ukip and front national discourse
The paper examines the discourse of UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the Front National on the EU from the point of view of political myth. It is argued that the discourse of the two Eurosceptic parties reverses the founding myth of the EU as a quasi-utopian haven of peace and prosperity following the traumatic experiences of World War 2, where values such as democracy, freedom and human rights can flourish. In contrast, the Front National and UK…
A profoundly discriminatory entity? A discourse mythological analysis of the AKP’s discourse on the EU
This article focuses on an analysis of the recent discourse of Turkey’s governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) on the European Union, in the context of increasing de-Europeanisation in Turkey and the increasing lack of credibility of Turkey’s accession prospects. The analysis is informed by the Discourse Mythological Approach, which combines the analysis of political myth with Critical Discourse Analysis (in this case, the Discourse Histor…
Turkey's Carnivalesque Challenge to the EU's Monologue: A Response to Nykänen
The paper explores Turkey–EU relations from a Bakhtinian perspective. Nykänen (2011), also using a Bakhtinian perspective, has argued that the EU's stance in the accession process, particularly that of Turkey, has been monologic, which stymies the process by not allowing Turkey to ‘answer back’. This paper argues, in contrast, that, albeit in the context of a lack of dialogue, Turkey has indeed attempted to answer back to the EU through informal …
Privileged Partnership, Open Ended Accession Negotiations and the Securitisation of Turkey's EU Accession Process
This paper argues that Turkey's accession to the EU has been securitised by the French and German right, according to the Copenhagen School's constructivist explanation of securitisation as a ‘speech act’. Moreover, like other critical security schools, the Copenhagen School argues that security is not limited to the state or the military, but that securitisation may take place in other sectors, with the political, economic, environmental and soc…
The Application of Neofunctionalism to the Enlargement Process: The Case of Turkey
This article examines Turkey's EU accession process from a neofunctionalist viewpoint in an attempt to understand why it has proceeded so far despite considerable opposition from some of the Member States. It argues that, although neofunctionalist spillover can account for this, the eventual outcome is still far from certain
Privileged Partnership, Open Ended Accession Negotiations and the Securitisation of Turkey's EU Accession Process
This paper argues that Turkey's accession to the EU has been securitised by the French and German right, according to the Copenhagen School's constructivist explanation of securitisation as a ‘speech act’. Moreover, like other critical security schools, the Copenhagen School argues that security is not limited to the state or the military, but that securitisation may take place in other sectors, with the political, economic, environmental and soc…
Competing and Co-Existing Constructions of Europe as Turkey's ‘Other(s)’ in Turkish Political Discourse
The paper analyses the various ways in which Europe/the EU is represented as Turkey's Other in the discourse of the four main Turkish political parties. The analysis is carried out according to the definition of five forms of Othering in International Relations proposed by Diez (2005) and Manners (2006) as well as the conception of Other as superior proposed, for instance, by Zarakol (2011). In contrast to traditional Kemalist discourse, which te…
The Return of the Reich? A Gothic Tale of Germany and the Eurozone Crisis
In the context of the current Eurozone crisis, this paper argues that the economic crisis has provoked a crisis of identity in the EU. This paper examines popular discourse on Germany and Angela Merkel in the Eurozone periphery, France and the UK according to which Europe is effectively being colonised by Germany—the so-called ‘Fourth Reich’. Using theories of fear and disgust including Burke's Sublime, Kristeva's Abject and, especially, Freud's …
Turkey's Carnivalesque Challenge to the EU's Monologue: A Response to Nykänen
The paper explores Turkey–EU relations from a Bakhtinian perspective. Nykänen (2011), also using a Bakhtinian perspective, has argued that the EU's stance in the accession process, particularly that of Turkey, has been monologic, which stymies the process by not allowing Turkey to ‘answer back’. This paper argues, in contrast, that, albeit in the context of a lack of dialogue, Turkey has indeed attempted to answer back to the EU through informal …
Welcome to the carnival? Podemos , populism and Bakhtin’s carnivalesque
The paper examines the political discourse of the Spanish political party Podemos through the lens of Bakhtin’s carnivalesque. Although it was originally used in literary analysis, the carnivalesque is a useful metaphor in politics, in particular for understanding political challenges to the dominant authority. Thus, while the paper concurs that the discourse of Podemos exhibits features of populism, it argues that the carnivalesque can provide a…
Reversing the Myth? Dystopian narratives of the EU in Ukip and front national discourse
The paper examines the discourse of UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the Front National on the EU from the point of view of political myth. It is argued that the discourse of the two Eurosceptic parties reverses the founding myth of the EU as a quasi-utopian haven of peace and prosperity following the traumatic experiences of World War 2, where values such as democracy, freedom and human rights can flourish. In contrast, the Front National and UK…
The Witch(ES) of Aiaia: Gender, Immortality and the Chronotope in Madeline Miller’s Circe
This article explores Madeline Miller’s Circe from the perspective of Bakhtin’s concept of the chronotope, the inseparability of space and time in fiction. The article focuses on the chronotopes of the road, the idyll and the threshold in the novel, and how these intersect with its themes of gender and immortality. The island of Aiaia acts as a threshold, transforming all who cross it. Circe’s life on the island, however, is a repetitive idyll; o…
A profoundly discriminatory entity? A discourse mythological analysis of the AKP’s discourse on the EU
This article focuses on an analysis of the recent discourse of Turkey’s governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) on the European Union, in the context of increasing de-Europeanisation in Turkey and the increasing lack of credibility of Turkey’s accession prospects. The analysis is informed by the Discourse Mythological Approach, which combines the analysis of political myth with Critical Discourse Analysis (in this case, the Discourse Histor…
Welcoming the enemy within: Hospitality, autoimmunity and the blood feud in Ismail Kadare’s Broken April
The protagonist of Kadare’s novel Broken April, set in the North Albanian Plateau, is required to kill his brother’s murderer according to the rules of the Kanun, a customary code of law according to which blood must be avenged, sometimes leading to generations of vendetta. In this context, the paper discusses the themes of hospitality and the blood feud in the novel, both of which play an important role in the Kanun, from the perspective of Derr…
Narrating the Nation? National Identity and the Uncanny in De Bernières’ Birds without Wings
Informed primarily by Bhabha and Kristeva's theories of national identity and the uncanny, the article examines the themes of nation building, migration and the uncanny in Louis de Bernières’ Birds Without Wings. It also explores the cosmopolitan nature of the late Ottoman Empire, as portrayed by de Bernières, from the perspective of critical cosmopolitan theory and Bhabha's concept of vernacular cosmopolitanism. The novel depicts the fortunes of…
Ontological (In)security in the Rassemblement National’s dystopian narrative of the EU
This paper explores the two most recent extended manifestos on Europe (2019) of the French populist radical right party Rassemblement National (RN), previously known as the Front National (FN), from a narrative perspective. The perspective used is based on the Narrative Policy Framework’s focus on the setting, plot, characters and moral of the narrative combined with a generic approach. Rather than the ‘classical’ genres of tragedy, comedy, roman…
Excluding the evil Neighbour? A Lacanian ontological security approach to Reform UK and Rassemblement Nationa l’s discourse on immigration
This paper explores the discourse of two radical right populist parties, the British Reform UK and the French Rassemblement National, on immigration from the perspective of ontological security – the security of being, in terms of identity and autonomy. From a Lacanian perspective, ontological security is, however, unattainable, its illusion sustained by a fantasmatic narrative of a wholeness to come. In the discourse of both parties, this takes …
Tourism and migration as threat and/or promise: Autoimmunity and hospitality in Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer’s Grand Hotel Europa
This article explores Pfeijffer’s novel Grand Hotel Europa using Derrida’s concepts of autoimmunity and hospitality, showing how openness to the Other can be potentially both risky and generative. Pfeijffer depicts a continent trapped in a deadly nostalgia: mass tourism has turned it into a giant theme park in a suicidal autoimmunity which tends to destroy the very authenticity which attracts it in the first place. Pfeijffer also critiques Europe…
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