Methodische Zugänge zur diskursiven Einbettung im transnationalen Raum

The Understanding of Democracy as a Measure of Integration: An Examination of the Change in Integration Discourse Around the Democracy Debate Based on the Case of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany

“…A subsequent consideration is opened up by the significance of the aspect of discursive embedding. Thus, in the case at hand, the assumption is at the forefront that members of the Turkish community in Germany not only have points of reference in the discourse of their host and home societies, but also possess a specific transnational discursive embedding due to their diaspora qualities (Söylemez, 2022), which can have a demonstrable influence on their understandings of democracy. Since the combination of discourse-theoretical considerations to be outlined here has no direct reference point in the literature, the present contribution is intended as a mainly theoretical discussion to stimulate further considerations in migration and diaspora research.…”

“…The reference to the application specifications to be derived illustrates that discourse does not constitute a narrative of an objectively comprehensible reality, but can have a 'life of their own' vis-à-vis reality (Ibid). 9 The process of subjectification of the human being through the mediation of objectification presuppositions within discourse (Foucault, 2005) therefore not only turns the understanding of the subject as the originator of structures, institutions, and social relations on its head, it illustrates that the perception of social reality can also be determined by the aspect of discursive embeddedness (Söylemez, 2022). Thus, while discourse remains "little more than the reflection of a truth that arises from its own eyes" 10 (Foucault, 1991, p. 32), its implications are material.…”