Foucault ve Ulusalcılık

Öz Michel Foucault’nun iktidar analizi ile Benedict Anderson, Ernest Gellner ve Eric Hobsbawm gibi isimlerden oluşan ulusalcılık çalışmalarının modernist okulu, ilk bakışta fark edilenden daha fazla ortak noktaya sahiptir. Hem Foucault hem de modernist okul modern iktidarın üretken bir yapıya sahip olduğunu savunur. Foucault için iktidar, insan doğasını, cinselliği, bilgiyi, bireyselliği ve gerçekliği baskılayan değil; onları üreten bir yapıya sahiptir. Benzer bir şekilde, modernist okul için ulus, ulusal dil ve ulusal kültür, ulus-devletin yapı taşlarına değil; onun ürünlerine tekabül eder. Ne var ki hem modernist okul hem de Foucault’cu analiz sorunludur. Bunun nedeni, modernist okulun ulus inşasını cinselliği; Foucault’nun ise disipline edilmiş cinsel özne kurgusunu ulusu hesaba katmadan analiz etmeye çalışmasıdır. Bu yazının amacı, ulus inşası ile cinsel özne kurgusunun birbirinden bağımsız analiz edilemeyeceğini ve Foucault’cu iktidar analizi ile modernist okulun ulus incelemesinin ötekinin işbirliği olmadan eksik kalmaya mahkûm olduğunu göstermektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Foucault, Ulusalcılık, Cinsellik, İktidar, Modernite

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