In modern politics, security is a phenomenon, which may be seen as a complex institution beyond any ordinary concept. It is not a specific term only concerning a particular area: While security is a concept, which is composed of the discrepancy between danger and precaution, securitization is an engraved phenomenon penetrating to throughout the modern life, which fear is the fundamental determinant. Without understanding the historical roots of security, it is not possible to grasp the modern security institutions. Additionally, it is clear that fear that may be acknowledged an essential element of security does not belong only modern times because of the nature of humanity. Therefore, the question of the motivations of security within the frame of fear should be answered. In this context, it is obvious that there is an immense dilemma between security and freedom in modern politics. In fact, the concept of freedom should be discussed as part of securitization policies in the modern paradigm. Because the freedom of people means the measure of limitations of individual life from now on. Additionally, the concepts of anatomo-politics and biopolitics in Michel Foucault literature may make it possible to discuss securitization in modern politics. By this means, this article pursues also the question: May securitization be equivalent of Foucault’s biopolitics? While discussing security and securitization theoretically, it is aimed to answer the question with reference to fiction, how security institutions are built. In order to glance the paradigm of securitization, Night, written by Bilge Karasu, is unique novel illustrating the construction process of fear in Turkish literature. This article is intended to challenge the concepts of security, securitization from the world of dangers and fears. Within this scope, the theoretical debate will cohere the opportunities of the literature through the night workers.
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Security, Securitization, Fear, Freedom, Modernity, Globalization, Anatomo-Politics, Biopolitics
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| [2] | Ibid. p. 240. |
| [3] | Ibid. p. 241. |
| [4] | M. Schuilenburg, The Securitization of Society: Crime, Risk and Social Order. Trans. G. Hall. New York: New York University Press, 2015, p. 67. |
| [5] | M. Foucault, “25 February 1976,” in Society Must Be Defended, Trans. D. Macey. New York: Picador, 2003. p. 245. |
| [6] | Ibid. pp. 245–246. |
| [7] | M. Foucault, “11 January 1978,” in Security, Territory, Population, Trans. G. Burchell. New York, Picador, 2007. p. 2. |
| [8] | Ibid. p. 4. |
| [9] | Ibid. pp. 4–6. |
| [10] | Ibid. p. 5. |
| [11] | A. M. Stefan, Democratization and Securitization: The Case of Romania, Ed. M. P. Amineh, Leiden: Brill, 2009. p. 34. |
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| [14] | M. Schuilenburg, The Securitization of Society: Crime, Risk and Social Order. Trans. G. Hall. New York: New York University Press, 2015, pp. 97–98. |
| [15] | K. Booth, “Security and emancipation,” Review of International Studies, vol. 17, no. 4, October 1991. pp. 313–314. |
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| [18] | Ibid. p. 26. |
| [19] | Ibid. p. 24. |
| [20] | Ibid. p. 21. |
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| [23] | Ibid. p. 4. |
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