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Item Open Access Finding the middle way: the formation of democracy and the conflict of authority and autonomy(Bilkent University, 2018-06) Civelek, MertThis thesis aims to find a place where in the conflict of autonomy and authority there is a place for a democratic state to exist. The possibility of a democratic state that could have legitimate authority over its subjects is through consent of the subjects. I claim that individuals in a given neutral state in which there is no sign of a political body that has legitimate authority, will form a body that carries properties of a democratic state. I argue that if there is a possibility for the subjects to refrain from democratic participation, democratic participation can be considered as a way of expressing consent that would enable the state hold legitimate power and impose institutional obligations to its subjects.Item Open Access Medicalization discourse and modernity: contested meanings over childbirth in contemporary Turkey(Taylor & Francis Inc., 2010) Cindoglu, D.; Cengiz, F. S.In this article, we explore the increasing medicalization of birth and the surge in Caesarean sections in order to examine how this phenomenon relates to the dominant modernization discourse on women's lives in contemporary Turkey. We analyze women's modes of resistance and conformity to medicalization of birth through qualitative data from 15 focus groups of Turkish women as well as from physicians and midwives. We found out that Turkish women generally submit to medicalized birth, despite unpleasent experiences of hospital birth. We argue that the discourse of modernization and traditional patriarchy both play a role in women's submission to medicalization of birth; and we demonstrate the patterns through which these discourses collaborate in establishing the meaning of childbirth in Turkey. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.Item Restricted Political Leadership and Nihilism: A Study of Weber and Nietzsche, By Robert Eden(1986) Antonio, Robert J.