Dead bodies and the boundaries of democracy: Turkey revisisted (original) (raw)

Abstract

Images of dead bodies, in humiliating positions or even mutilated, have become an everyday occurrence for all who have been following the current violent events in Eastern Turkey. In her talk Nerina Weiss will explore current discussions and reactions to such images of dead bodies. She is especially interested in how (images of) dead bodies feature in the ongoing political struggle over legitimacy between Erdogan’s highly centralized presidential model and the PKK’s Bookchin influenced model of democratic autonomy. She argues that it is through the images that the borders of democracy and civilization are outlined and questioned.

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