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Item Open Access Critique of violence : a study of the relation between politics and violence in some modern political theories(Bilkent University, 2012) Altunok, GülbanuThis thesis aims at understanding the relationship between violence and politics in twentieth century political thought. To this end, the study looks at the works of selected thinkers and suggests a threefold categorization of existing approaches: a ‘non-problematization of the relationship between violence and politics’ exemplified in the liberal-democratic paradigm, a ‘nonproblematization of violence in politics’ in some critiques of liberal thought and the position of ambivalence, which suggests a historical relationship between violence and politics. The thesis moves to a further analysis of Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault, whose works are considered as representing the third position and discuss their analysis of the relationship between violence and politics with a focus on power and revolution.Item Open Access Egocentrism and violence : a critique of democratic peace theory(Bilkent University, 2004) Avşar, Şervan AdarThe main argument of this thesis is that democratic peace theory is violent at both the theoretical and practical level. This argument is developed by drawing on the ideas of French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas on egocentrism and violence. The advocates of democratic peace theory argue that democracies are peaceful in their relations with other democracies, whereas they are not peaceful in their relations with the states having any other type of regime. Therefore, democratic peace theorists claim that the spread of democracy is the basis of world peace. These central themes of democratic peace theory contain implicit egocentric and violent tendencies. First of all, democratic peace theory represents the primacy of the same by making democratic political system an ideal for all states. This is because there exists in democratic peace theory a fundamental narcissism of ego, which takes itself to be the centre of all meaning. Secondly, democratic peace theory is violent since it tries to comprehend the other through thematization and conceptualisation. In other words, through the spread of democracy it reduces the other to the same.Item Open Access Women and peace: from the perspective of Palestinian women(Bilkent University, 1995) El-Atrash, Hala A.This research is an introductory study on the topic Women and Peace from the viewpoint of Palestinian women. Its main argument is that social factors offer the best explanation for relevant relationships that have been traditionally given other explanations. Historically, females are seen as inherently peaceful, while men have been viewed as having war-related tendencies. These stereotypes have been shown to be erroneous. Feminism in the West is discussed in light of its goals and activities. Feminism in the Middle Eastern world, however, has largely chosen not to follow the same ambitions as its Western counterpart. This is because Middle Eastern women live in an entirely different social context and so naturally interpret the principles of women rights from a different perspective. On a narrower level, Palestinian women are greatly affected by the situation in which they find themselves. The lack of basic freedoms that the women of Palestine have endured has resulted in women's groups joining the struggle for national liberation, as opposed to concentrating on obtaining equality with men. These women have tended to avoid joining peace movements similarly for social reasons. The living conditions of the women are considerably poor and the lack of education and financial resources have limited the number of Palestinian women who can participate in formal peace-promoting organizations.