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AI InsightAs a result, it is arguedhere that the orientalist subtext of concepts, including radical Islam, Jihadism, fundamentalism, Islamic terror, theThird World, underdevelopment, etc., has become a part of the IR literature in Turkey.
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Abstract
Using a qualitative discourse analysis, this article aims at introducing the sub-discipline of Critical Pedagogy (CP) tothe studies of International Relations (IR), incorporating the orientalist text analysis into CP and arguing over theorientalist texture of the undergraduate education of IR in Turkey. It is argued here that due to the Western-centrismof CP studies, they ‘forget’ to bring into question the orientalist tone of the standardized Western curricula, next tothe main discussions of academic capitalism and neoliberal instrumentalization of education. Making an investigationof the curricula and the fundamental reading materials over ten selected IR programmes in Turkey, this article bothrecalls this need of orientalist inquiry in CP studies and provides a fresh perspective for the scholarly analysis of the IReducation in Turkey. The findings suggest a non-critical reproduction of the Western literature for the Turkish IR aswell as a continuation, if not reinforcement, of this literature by the Turkish-speaking academia. As a result, it is arguedhere that the orientalist subtext of concepts, including radical Islam, Jihadism, fundamentalism, Islamic terror, theThird World, underdevelopment, etc., has become a part of the IR literature in Turkey.
Özet
Niteliksel söylem analizi yönteminin kullanıldığı bu makale, Eleştirel Pedagoji (EP) alt-disiplinini Uluslararası