'Freudism and modernity: transcultural impact of psychoanalysis in the modern Turkish novel

This article focuses on the novelists’ engagement with psychoanalysis in their critique of the modernisation project adopted in Turkey through the theme of the ‘self-in-crisis’. Both texts contribute to the broader discussions of their milieu in a way that presents psychoanalysis as being representative of that which is modern and portray it critically to underline the dissonances between the old, traditional values and the new, imported ones.
Source: Medical Humanities - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Original research Source Type: research