@article{fdi:010026459, title = {{O}bject or subject : the paradox of "youth" in {T}urkey}, author = {{N}eyzi, {L}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}his article analyses the construction of youth in public discourse in {T}urkey since the establishment of the {T}urkish {R}epublic. {I} show that in the 1923-1950 period, youth came to embody the new {T}urkish nation. {I}n the 1950-1980 period, on the other hand, youth were reconstructed in public discourse as rebels. {D}espite the change in discourse, however, educated young people in these two periods largely identified with the mission of transforming society from above. {T}he post-1980 period, on the other hand, marked a break with modernist constructions of youth, just as it constituted a break with {T}urkish political culture as a whole. {T}he {T}urkish case suggests that studies of youth in non-{W}estern experiences of modernity can benefit from an approach which contextualizes youth within the wider frame of age, life cycle and generation.}, keywords = {{JEUNESSE} ; {EDUCATION} ; {GROUPE} {D}'{AGE} ; {SYSTEME} {DE} {REPRESENTATIONS} ; {ISLAMISATION} ; {NATIONALISME} ; {IDEOLOGIE} {POLITIQUE} ; {IDENTITE} {CULTURELLE} ; {MODERNITE} ; {GENERATION} ; {HISTOIRE} {POLITIQUE} ; {TURQUIE}}, booktitle = {{L}es jeunes : hantise de l'espace public dans les soci{\'e}t{\'e}s du {S}ud ?}, journal = {{A}utrepart}, volume = {18}, numero = {}, pages = {101--117}, ISSN = {1278-3986}, year = {2001}, DOI = {10.3917/autr.018.0101}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010026459}, }