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Record Nr.

UNINA9910766888303321

Autore

Şen Ercan

Titolo

The Political Psychology of Kurds in Turkey : Critical Perspectives on Identity, Narratives, and Resistance

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023

©2023

ISBN

3-031-33291-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology Series

Altri autori (Persone)

Sandal ÖnalElif

Sefa UysalMete

AcarYasemin Gülsüm

Disciplina

956.100491597

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- About the Editors -- List of Contributors -- Contents -- Introduction -- Rationale -- The Chapters -- References -- An Overview of the Turkish-Kurdish Conflict Narratives and Their Effects on Intergroup Relations -- Conflict Narratives in the Context of the Turkish-Kurdish Conflict -- Antecedents of Endorsing Different Turkish-Kurdish Conflict Narratives -- Ethnic Identification -- Allyship and Ally Identity -- Intergroup Contact -- Conflict- and Peace-Related Outcomes of Endorsing the Turkish-Kurdish Conflict Narratives -- Competitive Victimhood -- Forgiveness and Reconciliation -- Attitudes Toward Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding -- Intergroup Solidarity -- Support for Minority Rights -- Conclusion and Future Directions -- References -- Understanding the Implications of Victimhood Identity in Turkey's Kurdish Conflict -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Agency of Victims -- Different Uses of the Term Victim -- How Is the Victimhood Category Understood? -- Victim as a Legal Category -- Victimhood as a Category That Points Toward the Responsible Party -- Victim as Disempowerment -- Concluding Discussion -- References -- Collective Identity in Kurds: From Collective Memory of Rights Violations to Rights Consciousness -- The Socio-political History of the Kurdish Issue in Turkey -- From Collective Memory of Rights Violations to Rights Consciousness -- Method -- Inclusion Criteria --



Exclusion Criteria -- Results -- Perceived Discrimination and Ingroup Identification -- System Justifying Ideologies and Attitudes Towards Human Rights and Peace -- Collective Identity and Collective Action -- From Violations of Rights to Rights Consciousness -- Discussion -- References -- Oath to Death: An Analysis of Sait Kırmızıtoprak's Contested Memory -- Origins of a Forgotten Revolutionary -- Oath to Death.

Two Saits Incident as a Failed Cataclysmic Event -- Brakuji, Family, and Guilt -- Death of the Witness -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Audio-Visual -- Interviews -- The Other of the Other: Syrian Refugees from the Perspective of Kurdish Minority in Turkey -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Method -- Results -- Perceptions of Syrians' Forced Migration -- Support for Syrian Refugees' Rights and Stay in Turkey -- Belonging and Collective Ownership -- Conclusion -- References -- From Collective Action to Collective Resistance: Working with the Saturday Mothers -- The Turkish-Kurdish Conflict-Escalation in the 1990s -- Enforced Disappearances -- Who Are the Saturday Mothers? -- Conducting Research with the Saturday Mothers -- Who We Are and How It Affects What We Hope to Learn -- Conclusions -- References -- Reflexivity and Positionality in Qualitative Research: On Being an Outsider in the Field -- Introduction -- Reflexivity and Positionality: A Look into the Literature -- Outsider/Insider/In-between? -- Reimagining Positionality and Reflexivity -- Positionality in Conflict Zones -- Turkey's Kurdish Conflict: A Brief History -- The Field: The Beginnings -- Teaching Moments: Unlearning One's Biases, Recognizing One's Privileges -- Uneasy Encounters in an Unfamiliar Zone: Defense Mechanisms, Coping Strategies -- The Repercussions of the Field: When the "Academic" Gets "Personal" -- Concluding Remarks: The Afterlife of the Field -- References -- How Did 'Turkish' Psychology Become the Mainstream? A Discourse Analysis on the Trajectory of Its Colonial Legacy -- Decolonial Approaches in Psychology: A Brief Background -- The Weird of the Non-WEIRDs: The 'Turkish' Republic and Its Psychology -- Method and Data -- Material Selection -- Analysis -- From Superior to Normative: A Modern State with a Modern Self.

From Ignorable to Reformable: A Primitive Vassal and a Traditional Other -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Conclusion -- Index.