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The Burden of Seeing: Gaze and Violence

Görmenin Yükü: Bakış ve Şiddet

Ahmet Eker0000-0002-0097-2972
Pages
115–144
Publication Date
2025-12-24
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Ultimately, the article aims to fill the gap in the relevant literature by crystallising a functioning of violence inherent in seeing.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This article analyses the subjective and societal relationships between seeing and violence in the Vincent Must Die (Vincent doit mourir) within the framework of Jean-Paul Sartre's theory of the gaze.
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Key Findings & Data:In this respect, the main assumption of the analysis is that in the film, the acts of aggression caused by the gaze crystallise the functioning of violence inherent in sight.
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Conclusion & Impact:Ultimately, the article aims to fill the gap in the relevant literature by crystallising a functioning of violence inherent in seeing.
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Abstract

This article analyses the subjective and societal relationships between seeing and violence in the Vincent Must Die (Vincent doit mourir) within the framework of Jean-Paul Sartre's theory of the gaze. In this respect, the main assumption of the analysis is that in the film, the acts of aggression caused by the gaze crystallise the functioning of violence inherent in sight. Therefore, this study, conducted within the framework of Sartre's theory of the gaze, aims to present a multidimensional analysis of the ontological relationship between gaze and violence by combining cinema analysis with existentialist philosophy. In this direction, an analysis of the film's cinematography, principal characters and narrative structure's framework of articulating the functioning of violence inherent in the act of seeing has been carried out with Sartre's concepts of gaze, being-seen-by-another and objectification. In this axis, a descriptive analysis was conducted using a philosophical concept set as a method. In the end, it is aimed to contribute to the cinema analyses to be carried out from Sartre's perspective. Ultimately, the article aims to fill the gap in the relevant literature by crystallising a functioning of violence inherent in seeing.

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Bu makale, Vincent Ölmeli (Vincent doit mourir) filminde görme ve şiddet arasındaki öznel ve toplumsal ilişkileri, Jean-Paul Sartre’ın bakış kuramı çerçevesinde analiz etmektedir. Bu eksende incelemenin temel varsayımı filmde, bakış ile tetiklenen saldırganlık eylemlerinin görmeye içkin bir şiddet işleyişini belirginleştiğine ilişkindir. Bu nedenle Sartre’ın bakış teorisi çerçevesinde yürütülen bu çalışma, sinema analizini varoluşçu felsefe ile birleştirerek, bakış ve şiddet arasındaki ontolojik ilişkinin çok boyutlu bir incelemesini sunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu doğrultuda filmin sinematografisi ve temel karakterleri ile anlatı yapısında açığa çıkan görme edimine içkin şiddet işleyişi; Sartre’ın bakış, başkası-tarafından-görülmüş-olmak ve nesneleşme kavramları aracılığıyla incelenmiştir. Bu eksende yöntem olarak felsefi bir kavram setiyle betimsel bir analiz gerçekleştirilmiştir. Nihayetinde ise Sartre perspektifinden gerçekleştirilecek sinema incelemelerine katkı sağlaması amaçlanmaktadır. Bu nedenle makale, görmeye içkin bir şiddet işleyişini belirginleştirerek ilgili literatürdeki boşluğu doldurmayı hedeflemektedir.

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Eker, A. (2025). The Burden of Seeing: Gaze and Violence. SineFilozofi, Sayı: 20, 115–144. https://doi.org/10.31122/sinefilozofi.1567284

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