Türkei - "Um die Nation von sogenannten bösartigen Kräften zu reinigen"

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This article discusses the role of male circumcision in upholding Turkish religio-national unity by examining two logics of domination: the contractual logic and the sovereign logic. While the former provides male subjects with the opportunity of visibility, inclusion, and recognition on the condition of renouncing ethnic, racial, and political affiliations, the latter exposes them to arbitrary, unconditional, and unrestrained violence as punishment for their real or perceived disloyalty. Religious converts’ voluntary and forced circumcisions exemplify these structures, respectively. I argue that the two logics of domination intersect to purify the nation of so-called malicious forces and maintain its unity by regulating the gender, religious, and national boundaries of inclusion, exclusion, and belonging.

https://read.dukeupress.edu/jmews/article-abstract/doi/10.1215/15525864-11826199/403726/Between-Patriarchal-Intimacy-and-Sovereign