ANIMAL FARM AND NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR IN TERMS OF KNOWLEDGE-POWER RELATIONSHIP

Necmiye Durmuş

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ANIMAL FARM AND NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR IN TERMS OF KNOWLEDGE-POWER RELATIONSHIP

Authors:

Necmiye Durmuş

Publisher:

Tekirdag Namik Kemal University

Main Topics:

Bilgi ve Bilim Sosyolojisi

Journal:

HUMANITAS - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 23, pp.171-194

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001313186

pISSN:

2147-088X

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Abstract:

 British author George Orwell, in his novels, which he constructed under the influence of his own socio-cultural reality, deals with how and by what means knowledge is produced and used by the dominant powers, and thus revealing the relationship between knowledge and power. In particular, his novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, both carry the effects of the authors own socio-cultural background shaped on the knowledge-power level and allow for a clearer analysis of this background. In this study, using Michel Foucaults views on knowledge-power; how knowledge is produced by the powers in Orwells relevant novels and which methods contribute to the production and circulation of knowledge are analysed from the perspective of the sociology of knowledge descriptively. As a result of the analysis, it is found out within the scope of these novels that the knowledge is produced by the governments and served to the society through propaganda; and this is done by creating the perception of an enemy, by disciplining it with fear, surveillance, and control, and by legitimizing it by distorting the knowledge and changing the past.

 British author George Orwell, in his novels, which he constructed under the influence of his own socio-cultural reality, deals with how and by what means knowledge is produced and used by the dominant powers, and thus revealing the relationship between knowledge and power. In particular, his novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, both carry the effects of the authors own socio-cultural background shaped on the knowledge-power level and allow for a clearer analysis of this background. In this study, using Michel Foucaults views on knowledge-power; how knowledge is produced by the powers in Orwells relevant novels and which methods contribute to the production and circulation of knowledge are analysed from the perspective of the sociology of knowledge descriptively. As a result of the analysis, it is found out within the scope of these novels that the knowledge is produced by the governments and served to the society through propaganda; and this is done by creating the perception of an enemy, by disciplining it with fear, surveillance, and control, and by legitimizing it by distorting the knowledge and changing the past.

 British author George Orwell, in his novels, which he constructed under the influence of his own socio-cultural reality, deals with how and by what means knowledge is produced and used by the dominant powers, and thus revealing the relationship between knowledge and power. In particular, his novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, both carry the effects of the authors own socio-cultural background shaped on the knowledge-power level and allow for a clearer analysis of this background. In this study, using Michel Foucaults views on knowledge-power; how knowledge is produced by the powers in Orwells relevant novels and which methods contribute to the production and circulation of knowledge are analysed from the perspective of the sociology of knowledge descriptively. As a result of the analysis, it is found out within the scope of these novels that the knowledge is produced by the governments and served to the society through propaganda; and this is done by creating the perception of an enemy, by disciplining it with fear, surveillance, and control, and by legitimizing it by distorting the knowledge and changing the past.

 İngiliz yazar George Orwell, kendi sosyo-kültürel gerçekliğinin etkisiyle kurguladığı romanlarında, bilginin egemen güçler tarafından nasıl ve hangi araçlarla üretilerek kullanıldığını işlemekte ve böylece bilgi-iktidar ilişkisini gözler önüne sermektedir. Özellikle, Hayvan Çiftliği ve Bin Dokuz Yüz Seksen Dört adlı romanları, yazarın, hem bilgi-iktidar düzleminde şekillenen kendi sosyo-kültürel birikiminin etkilerini taşımakta hem de bu birikimin daha açık bir şekilde analiz edilmesine olanak sunmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, Michel Foucaultnun bilgi-iktidar üzerine serdettiği görüşlerinden faydalanılarak Orwellın ilgili romanlarında iktidarlar tarafından bilginin nasıl üretildiği, hangi yöntemlerin bilgi üretimine ve dolaşımına katkı sağladığı bilgi sosyolojisi perspektifiyle betimsel olarak çözümlenmektedir. Analiz neticesinde, ilgili romanlar kapsamında, bilginin iktidarlar tarafından üretilerek topluma propaganda ile servis edildiği ve bunun; düşman algısı yaratarak korkuyla, gözetim ve denetimle disiplin altına alarak, bilgileri çarpıtma ve geçmişi değiştirme yöntemiyle bir meşrulaştırma gerçekleştirilerek yapıldığı bulgulanmaktadır.

Article Details

ANIMAL FARM AND NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR IN TERMS OF KNOWLEDGE-POWER RELATIONSHIP

Authors:

Necmiye Durmuş

Publisher:

Tekirdag Namik Kemal University

Main Topics:

Bilgi ve Bilim Sosyolojisi

Journal:

HUMANITAS - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 23, pp.171-194

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001313186

pISSN:

2147-088X

Sociology of knowledge

Knowledge

Power

Foucault

Orwell

Animal Farm

Nineteen Eighty-FourBilgi Sosyolojsi

Bilgi

İktidar

Foucault

Orwell

Hayvan Çiftliği

Bin Dokuz Yüz Seksen Dört

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Article Details

Authors: Necmiye Durmuş

Publisher: Tekirdag Namik Kemal University

Main Topics: Bilgi ve Bilim Sosyolojisi

Journal: HUMANITAS - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 23, pp.171-194

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 3/2024

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001313186

pISSN: 2147-088X

Issues

Authors:

Necmiye Durmuş

Publisher:

Tekirdag Namik Kemal University

Main Topics:

Bilgi ve Bilim Sosyolojisi

Journal:

HUMANITAS - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 23, pp.171-194

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001313186

pISSN:

2147-088X