Necessary Conformism

An Art of Living for Young People in Turkey

Bibliographic Data

ID6093586
AuthorsDemet Lðkðslð (Yeditepe University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume48
Pages79-100
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Perspectives on Turkey (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0896-6346 • E-ISSN: 1305-3299
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0896634600001898
OpenAlexW2216956757
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited26

This paper focuses on the everyday life experiences of the post-1980 generation in Turkey–a generation stigmatized for being depoliticized and apathetic. Rather than accepting this stigmatizing view, however, this analysis aims to better understand young people's actual lived experiences. To do so, it adopts the concept of “necessary conformism” developed in previous empirical research. This concept offers an alternative analytical framework that transcends the engaged/disengaged or political/ unpolitical dichotomy in young people's social participation. Specifically, the application of this concept reveals that apathetic behavior may actually mask powerful discontent and suffering that can be expressed neither through conventional politics nor open resistance. The necessary conformism of young people, therefore, is not apathetic behavior, but the expression of an underlying discontent and often a hidden agony

Aesthetics · Art · Empirical research · Epistemology · Everyday life · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Social life · Social science · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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