Capitalist Dystopia: An Examination of the Concepts of "Commodity Fetishism" and "Consumerism" in Selected Works by Philip K. Dick
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2023
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Selçuk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
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Bu çalışma çerçevesinde amaç, Marx’ın sosyalist devrim ütopyasının, içerisinde
karakterlerin kapitalist sistemin kurbanları haline getirildiği Dick’in distopyaları
tarafından yenildiğini analiz ederek; bu sistemin meta fetişizmi, tüketimcilik,
reklamcılık ve diğer ideolojik aygıtlar aracılığıyla sonunda toplumdaki karakterleri bir
çaresizlik durumuna, benlik ve gerçeklik kaybına sürükleyen bir ilüzyon yarattığını
göstermek ve bilim kurgu üzerine Marksist bir eleştiri sunmaktır. Bu görüş dâhilinde
Philip K. Dick’in üç romanı Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? , Ubik ve The
Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch irdelenmektedir.
İlk bölüm, yazarın geçmişi hakkında bilgi vermek için Philip K. Dick’in hayatı
ve edebi kariyeri konusunda okuyucuyu aydınlatmaktadır.
İkinci bölüm, kapitalizm ve distopik bilim kurgu ile alakalı kavramların detaylı
bir incelemesini ele alır. Bu bölüm, özellikle Karl Marx, Jean Baudrillard, Theodor
Adorno ve Max Horkheimer gibi Marksist ekonomist ve teorisyenlerin yaklaşımları
ile geç-dönem kapitalizmi, meta fetişizmi ve tüketim kültürü üzerine bir görüş
içermektedir.
Üçüncü, dördüncü ve beşinci bölümlerde, Do Androids Dream of Electric
Sheep? , Ubik ve The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch romanları, karakterlerin
eşitlik ve özgürlük fikirleriyle aldatılmasına odaklanan kapitalist distopyalar olarak analiz edilmektedir. Bu çalışmada, Marksist ütopyanın, Philip K. Dick’in seçilmiş
romanlarında anlatılan kapitalist distopyaya çoktan yenik düştüğü okuyucuya
gösterilmektedir.
Within the scope of this study, the aim is to give a Marxist criticism of science fiction by analysing how the Marxist utopia of socialist revolution is defeated by Dickian dystopia in which the characters are victimized by the capitalist system, and to indicate that this system creates an illusion of utopia in the society through the fetishism of commodities, consumerism, advertising and the other ideological apparatuses, which eventually drags the characters into a state of despair, loss of authenticity and reality. In this perspective, three of Philip K. Dick’s novels, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? , Ubik, and The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch are scrutinized. The first chapter enlightens the reader on Philip K. Dick’s life and literary career in order to give information about the author’s background. The second chapter makes a detailed survey of the concepts related to capitalism and dystopian science fiction. The chapter includes an outlook on the late-stage capitalism, commodity fetishism and the consumer culture under the perspectives of Marxist economists and theoreticians, particularly of Karl Marx, Jean Baudrillard, Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer. The third, fourth and the fifth chapters examine Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? , Ubik, and The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch as capitalist dystopias that focus on the characters’ deception with the ideas of equality and freedom. The study concludes by stating that the Marxist utopia has already succumbed to the capitalist dystopia narrated in Dick’s selected novels.
Within the scope of this study, the aim is to give a Marxist criticism of science fiction by analysing how the Marxist utopia of socialist revolution is defeated by Dickian dystopia in which the characters are victimized by the capitalist system, and to indicate that this system creates an illusion of utopia in the society through the fetishism of commodities, consumerism, advertising and the other ideological apparatuses, which eventually drags the characters into a state of despair, loss of authenticity and reality. In this perspective, three of Philip K. Dick’s novels, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? , Ubik, and The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch are scrutinized. The first chapter enlightens the reader on Philip K. Dick’s life and literary career in order to give information about the author’s background. The second chapter makes a detailed survey of the concepts related to capitalism and dystopian science fiction. The chapter includes an outlook on the late-stage capitalism, commodity fetishism and the consumer culture under the perspectives of Marxist economists and theoreticians, particularly of Karl Marx, Jean Baudrillard, Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer. The third, fourth and the fifth chapters examine Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? , Ubik, and The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch as capitalist dystopias that focus on the characters’ deception with the ideas of equality and freedom. The study concludes by stating that the Marxist utopia has already succumbed to the capitalist dystopia narrated in Dick’s selected novels.
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Kapitalizm, ütopya, distopya, meta fetişizmi, tüketimcilik, Capitalism, utopia, dystopia, commodity fetishism, consumerism
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Cengiz, T., (2023). Capitalist Dystopia: An Examination of the Concepts of "Commodity Fetishism" and "Consumerism" in Selected Works by Philip K. Dick. (Yüksek Lisans Tezi). Selçuk Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Konya.
