Öznur Akcalı
Biographic Data
| ID | 6561250 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Öznur Akcalı |
| GIVEN NAMES | Öznur |
| FAMILY NAME | Akcalı |
| SIGNATURE | AKCALI Ö |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middle East Technical University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8939-711X |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Uneven and combined development (UCD) and the trajectory of Turkish literary modernity
This article analyzes the trajectory of Ottoman-Turkish literature through the lens of the theory of uneven and combined development (UCD). Drawing on Leon Trotsky, who first developed the concept , UCD expresses a mechanism whereby interactions among societies generate divergent development trajectories. Within this framework, the article analyzes theproblematic of Westernization in Turkish fiction as the cultural expression of an uneven encount…
A literature of quiet devastation
This article offers a thematic and sociopolitical reappraisal of Sabahattin Ali’s (1907–1948) fiction, tracing how it registers the anxieties of modernisation across social and intimate life. It argues that Ali’s work is structured by a persistent tension between social injustice and fragile interiority, moving from the short stories’ compressed depictions of bureaucracy, inequality, marginalisation, and unstable gendered roles to the novels’ ful…
The cultural dilemmas of uneven and combined development (UCD)
Recent studies of international historical sociology have focused more on the interaction between the political and economic aspects of the world system compared to its cultural dimensions. In this article we want to address this lacuna with particular reference to the theory of Uneven and Combined Development (UCD here after). UCD is an attempt to develop a non-Eurocentric, non-linear, and historical understanding of international relations. It …
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The cultural dilemmas of uneven and combined development (UCD)
Recent studies of international historical sociology have focused more on the interaction between the political and economic aspects of the world system compared to its cultural dimensions. In this article we want to address this lacuna with particular reference to the theory of Uneven and Combined Development (UCD here after). UCD is an attempt to develop a non-Eurocentric, non-linear, and historical understanding of international relations. It …
Uneven and combined development (UCD) and the trajectory of Turkish literary modernity
This article analyzes the trajectory of Ottoman-Turkish literature through the lens of the theory of uneven and combined development (UCD). Drawing on Leon Trotsky, who first developed the concept , UCD expresses a mechanism whereby interactions among societies generate divergent development trajectories. Within this framework, the article analyzes theproblematic of Westernization in Turkish fiction as the cultural expression of an uneven encount…
A literature of quiet devastation
This article offers a thematic and sociopolitical reappraisal of Sabahattin Ali’s (1907–1948) fiction, tracing how it registers the anxieties of modernisation across social and intimate life. It argues that Ali’s work is structured by a persistent tension between social injustice and fragile interiority, moving from the short stories’ compressed depictions of bureaucracy, inequality, marginalisation, and unstable gendered roles to the novels’ ful…
Modernity (2 works) · Modernization theory (2 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (2 works) · Turkish (2 works) · Westernization (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 work) · Civilization (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work) · Critical Theory and Philosophy (1 work) · Dialectic (1 work)