Monuments to the Republic
School as a nationalising discourse in Turkey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10326232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sabiha Bilgi (Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 356-370 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Paedagogica Historica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-9230 • E-ISSN: 1477-674X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00309230.2013.833272 |
| OpenAlex | W1979402417 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This article examines the cultural construction of the school in Turkey in relation to the construction of Turkish nation-ness. By looking at how the modern school was fit together with a network of interrelated discourses available in early twentieth-century Turkey, the article investigates the ways in which the school became an object of thought in support of narrating and imagining Turkish nation-ness. In the article, I argue that the school was pivotal in the imagination and institution of Turkey not only literally but also symbolically. Juxtaposed with a radically contrasting image of the traditional educational establishment of the Ottoman dynastic past called mahalle mektebi, the school was appropriated by the Republican elite as a statement of modernity, national character and a total break from the Ottoman past. Giving a visual expression to the new regime’s aspirations for the society, the school, with its very architecture, layout and disciplinary and hierarchical organisation, functioned as a clear symbol of enlightenment, civility, order and progress
Aesthetics · Art · Civility · Discipline · Elite · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Modernity · Object (grammar · Political science · Politics · Relation (database · Social science · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Turkish · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · Gender Studies · Historical Turkish Studies · Law · Turkey's Politics and Society
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |