Political Studies Graduate Program - Master Degree

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  • Öge
    Politics And Music: Music As A Means To Politics And Politics As A Means To Music
    (Institute of Social Sciences, 2019) Denizli, Ece ; Çalkıvik, Emine Aslı ; 574966 ; Political Studies ; Siyaset Çalışmaları
    This study seeks answers to the question of what makes music political, and aims to demonstrate the relationship between music and politics. The main argument of the thesis is that music is power in terms of influencing and orienting us both as an end in itself and a means to an end, and therefore it is political. Concordantly, the second argument is that since music always affects us, it should not serve for any other purpose due to having value in itself, and in this way, owing to its inherent characteristics it can help us to reach concepts such as justice, democracy, freedom and common good. This study propounds that since music is a power it is used by political actors and institutions in compliance with their aims and interests, and because of the mentioned point music always has a place within politics. Another underlined point in the thesis is that music's being political has two meanings since music is both inherently and in itself political. In other words, politics has a place in music as well because even if music is made only for the sake of making music, some groups determine the value of music and interfere it. When viewed from these two aspects, music is a means to politics because of its political nature, and politics is a means to music since music is political in itself. Therefore, music and politics are in an undeniable relationship in which both serve to each other.