this study explains the formation of islamist discourse in turkey and its impact on its foreign policy (with an emphasis on justice and development party -akp). the findings which are based on discourse analysis of ernesto laclau and chantal mouffe, indicate that the islam-minded modern turkey actors (in akp) could weaken one of the main aspects of kemalist ideology in a democratic and peaceful...

as a culture-based phenomenon which involves both linguistic and social aspects, translation has been investigated from various perspectives. the present critical discourse analysis (cda)-based study is an attempt to probe into the manipulation of ideologies in translations of political texts. a cda approach, based on fairclough (1989), van dijk (2004) and farahzad (2007), was adopted to conduc...

We examine whether individual differences in needs for security and certainty predict conservative (vs. liberal) position on both cultural and economic political issues and whether these effects are conditional on nation-level characteristics and individual-level political engagement. Analyses with cross-national data from 51 nations reveal that valuing conformity, security, and tradition over ...

Scholars have long focused on socio-psychological attachment, elite discourse and rational action to explain the nature and structure of ideologies. Recently genetic and neurobiological influences have also emerged as predictors of ideological preferences. So far however, there has been little synthesis of these findings into the larger discourse on the structures and manifestations of ideology...

Then Presidential Candidate Toxic Orange, during his political campaign for president, promoted xenophobic and racist ideology by stating that all immigrants crossing the US imaginary border without inspection were rapists drug dealers. The vitriolic speech vivid language used to demonize dehumanize individuals seeking a better life contribute economy, found acceptance support in significant po...

Bu çalışmanın amacı, George R. Martin’in eserinden televizyon dizisi olarak uyarlanan Taht Oyunları (Game of Thrones, 2011-2019) dizisindeki hanelerin, iktidarı ele geçirme ya da onu korumak için hegemonik ideolojilerini nasıl bir söylem ile ortaya koyduklarını belirlemektir. Eser geçirmek ve isteyen hanelerin mücadelelerini pek çok olasılığın devreye girdiği bilindik “iyi olanın” normal şekild...