The study aims to define xenophobia, which is attached such meanings as &lsquo / hostility against foreign people&rsquo / or &lsquo / fear of alien people&rsquo / , through the main concepts of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. The &lsquo / fear of/hostility against foreign people&rsquo / is treated, in this study, by references to the subject-object relation formulated in Psychoanalysis. The study aims to give an original account of the spiral of subject-object through such concepts as &lsquo / polarization&rsquo / , &lsquo / annexation&rsquo / , and &lsquo / ergonomy&rsquo / . Under the light of this account, an attempt follows to recast the term xenophobia. The analysis focuses on three main historical lines, to check the account of the term set down in the study, as well as to fortify and clarify its limits: Capitalism, industrialization and nationalism. As a conclusion, the study maintains that both xenos (stranger) and fear dwell within the subjective field. Accordingly, the study concludes that xenophobia originates not from the &lsquo / primary qualities&rsquo / of the object of fear/hatred (xenophile), but from the deepest ranges of the subjectivity of fear/hatred (xenophobe). Hence, it is asserted that xenophobia is a subjective delirium, rather than an objective form
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1044858/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 December 2003 |
| Creators | Tastan, Coskun |
| Contributors | Yesen, Mesut |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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