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A critical evaluation of Heidegger's criticism of aesthetics in 'The Origin of the Work of Art'
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2017)This paper examines and critiques Heidegger's repudiation of aesthetics in his essay 'The Origin of the Work of Art' and claims that his alternative approach to artworks in the essay must be understood as a theory of ... -
Blake and Nietzsche on self-slaughter and the moral law: A reading of Jerusalem
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2015)Both Blake and Nietzsche deemed the perversion of energy or will by the architects and enforcers of the Judeo-Christian moral law to be the most cataclysmic event in the history of man. Coerced by a false dichotomy of good ... -
Can the Youth Bulge Pose a Challenge for Turkey? A Comparative Analysis Based on MENA Region-Driven Factors
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2019)One common characteristic of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries that have experienced internal conflicts in recent decades is their large youth cohorts, known as the youth bulge. As Turkey also has a youthful ... -
Contending narratives on the sustainability of nuclear energy in Turkey
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2018)Sustainable development recently topped the universal agenda again when the United Nations adopted its Sustainable Development Goals on 25 September 2015. Yet, since the 1990s, the concept has prompted different actors to ... -
Design of microcontroller-based decentralized controller board to drive chiller systems using PID and fuzzy logic algorithms
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2020)This study deals with designing a decentralized multi-input multi-output controller board based on a low-cost microcontroller, which drives both parts of variable-speed scroll compressor and electronic-type expansion valve ... -
Encoding-Stage Adaptation Effects: Long-Term Memory
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2018)Given adaptation changes perceptual experience, it probably shapes long-term memory (LTM). Across four experiments, participants were adapted to strongly gendered (male, female: Experiments 1 and 2) or aged faces (old, ... -
Fuzzy logic model for the categorization of manual lighting control behaviour patterns based on daylight illuminance and interior layout
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2019)In considering total building energy consumption, lighting plays an important role in shaping energy consumption and use. Although key strategies (such as energy efficient lighting products, lighting control systems and ... -
Globalization, Threat and Religious Freedom
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2014)While arguably central to the human experience, religion is a largely understudied component of social life and of politics. The comparative literature on religion and politics is limited in scope, and offers mostly ... -
Hegel and Nietzsche on thought, freedom, and the labour of the negative'
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2016)The argument advanced in this essay is that Hegel and Nietzsche's method of critical enquiry is not only consonant but embraces a concept of practical freedom that for both philosophers tethers the affective will to the ... -
More national less European? The comparison of the last two general elections in Turkey
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2015)This article will examine how the media reported the 2011 election campaign in Turkey in comparison to the 2007 elections. In order to reflect the different ideological segments within the society (pro-secular, nationalist ... -
New dimension of slow food movement using supercritical fluid technology and methods to influence society by effective marketing strategies
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2016)Although slow food movement is a well-known movement nowadays, in order to make it more widespread to the society, necessity to develop and to adapt new techniques has become inevitable for healthier consumption age. For ... -
Object recognition and detection with deep learning for autonomous driving applications
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2017)Autonomous driving requires reliable and accurate detection and recognition of surrounding objects in real drivable environments. Although different object detection algorithms have been proposed, not all are robust enough ... -
Political agency of news outlets in a polarized media system: Framing the corruption probe in Turkey
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2016)This article aims to determine the stances of media outlets during crises in a polarized media system such as Turkey. Adopting a content analysis methodology, this article analyses the framing strategies of three national ... -
Rilke's Orpheus and Nietzsche's ubermensch: Alternative modes of being in becoming
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2013)Friedrich Nietzsche and Rainer Maria Rilke both seek through their work to affirm the ephemerality and mutability of life, or what Nietzsche terms becoming', without which, they believe, there can be no true being in the ... -
Salary differences under the salary cap in Major League Soccer
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2017)Professional soccer is the world's most popular sport; a number of National Leagues are under the control of National Associations. The economic theory behind soccer is the continuing competition to earn much more than ... -
Social Values and Cross-National Differences in Attitudes towards Welfare
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2015)Studies on public opinion about welfare already acknowledge the role context plays in individual attitudes towards welfare. However, the much-debated effect of socially held values and beliefs on attitudes towards social ... -
The influence of societal values on attitudes towards immigration
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2013)This paper examines the influence of societal values on individual attitudes towards immigration and immigrants. We argue that conflict between individual and societal values leads individuals to be exposed to frames and ... -
The meta-geography of the Middle East and North Africa in Turkey's new geopolitical imagination
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2013)This article critically analyses Turkish security discourses connected to the meta-geography of the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) before and after the developments of the Arab Spring. A critical geopolitics ... -
Using international accreditation in higher education to effect changes in organisational culture: A case study from a Turkish university
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2015)International accreditation is now a significant yet controversial issue in global higher education. This case study looked at the experience of an intensive English language preparatory programme within a university in ...