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Tülay Umay

Sociologist. Born in Anatolia, she lives in Belgium. She works on postmodernity social and psychological structures. Underpinning this research is her in-depth study of the so-called "Islamic" veil issue, not as an object in itself but as a symptom of our society.

34 articles

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The penalisation of the client «prostitutor»

by Tülay Umay

Brussels (Belgium) | 26 April 2016

The new French law which penalises the clients of prostitutes is supposed to combat prostitution. In reality, it will do no more than move street commerce elsewhere. For the Socialist Party therefore, it is not designed to abolish prostitution, but to install a form of public morality – a (…)

Beyond Propaganda: Improbability

Discourse of War and Doublethink, the Example of Syria

by Jean-Claude Paye , Tülay Umay

Brussels (Belgium) | 18 July 2014

Commenting on the charge that the Syrian Republic had used chemical weapons against its own people, sociologists Jean-Claude Paye and Tülay Umay reveal the willful contradictions in Atlanticist discourse: two contradictory statements are issued at the same time by the same source, while facts (…)

The Lynching of Mouamar Gaddafi

The Cult of Killing and the Symbolic Order of Western Barbarism

by Jean-Claude Paye , Tülay Umay

Brussels (Belgium) | 16 April 2013

The display of the lynching of Mouamar Gaddafi exposes our societies for what they are. It mesmerizes and dismantles our capacity to think and critically assess a historical process. By focusing public attention on what constitutes a “ritualized atrocity” these gruesome images confirm that the (…)

Waging war ‘in the name’ of the victims

by Jean-Claude Paye , Tülay Umay

7 November 2011

‘Humanitarian War’ as it has evolved from Kosovo to Libya is underpinned by the increasingly sophisticated discourse that NATO acts in the name of the victims, who are unable to fend for themselves. According to sociologists Jean-Claude Paye and Tülay Umay such discourse reflects a profound (…)