Examination of Symbolic Power during Turkey’s Early Republican Period from Bourdieu’s Perspective: A Case of Postage Stamps
Production of common sense assumptions is indispensable for political transformations’ social acceptance. Varied contemporary communication tools and systems have been significant throughout history for production of symbols that shape such transformations. This study is based on the assumption that...
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| Language: | English |
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Istanbul University Press
2022-07-01
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| Series: | Connectist Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/D6079E54234B48A1AE0DBF4BFF220AB1 |
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| Summary: | Production of common sense assumptions is indispensable for political transformations’ social acceptance. Varied contemporary communication tools and systems have been significant throughout history for production of symbols that shape such transformations. This study is based on the assumption that postage stamps were designed and circulated to introduce Turkey’s Early Republican Period administrative, political, ideological, and economic transformations to its society and the world. Here, representations of stamps’ symbolic power are analyzed through this perspective. Because such representations provide the opportunity to read, through symbols, both the period’s social history and its conflict over political and economic power, the study is framed by Pierre Bourdieu’s understanding of symbolic power. Accordingly, through content analysis, the sample has been triple thematic classified, and symbolic power’s functioning has been critiqued on the following representations of: (i) the nation as an arranged structure, (ii) the founding leader who embodies sensations and insights required by symbolic power, and (iii) national development and construction of the central state. Thus, the stamps’ representations are argued to be informational for both national and international communities. Therefore, these representations are considered prominent as both descriptive missions and commanding functions. |
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| ISSN: | 2636-8943 |