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A MARX, ENGELS AND INTERNATIONALISM: RETHINKING THE
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JUNE 2014
MARX, ENGELS AND INTERNATIONALISM: RETHINKING THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENTS WITHIN
THE MARXIST FRAMEWORK

A THESIS SUBMITTED TO
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
OF
MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

BY

CAN BERK OKTAYKAN

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR
THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

JUNE 2014

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Approval of the Graduate School of Social Sciences

Prof. Dr. Meliha Altunışık
Director

I certify that this thesis satisfies all the requirements as a thesis for the degree of
Master of Science.

Prof. Dr. Raşit Kaya
Head of Department

This is to certify that we have read this thesis and that in our opinion it is fully
adequate, in scope and quality, as a thesis for the degree of Master of Science.

Assist. Prof. Dr. Sheila M. Pelizzon Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Okyayuz
Co-Supervisor Supervisor

Examining Committee Members

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kürşad Ertuğrul (METU, PADM)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Okyayuz (METU, PADM)

Assist. Prof. Dr. Sheila M. Pelizzon (METU, ECON)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erdoğan Yıldırım (METU, SOC)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Filiz Kartal (TODAİE)
I hereby declare that all information in this document has been obtained and
presented in accordance with academic rules and ethical conduct. I also declare
that, as required by these rules and conduct, I have fully cited and referenced
all material and results that are not original to this work.

Name, Last name: Can Berk Oktaykan

Signature :
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ABSTRACT

MARX, ENGELS AND INTERNATIONALISM: RETHINKING THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENTS WITHIN
THE MARXIST FRAMEWORK

Oktaykan, Can Berk
M.Sc., Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Supervisor : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Okyayuz
Co-Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Sheila M. Pelizzon

June 2014, 210 pages

Nationalism, a phenomenon that has played a marked role throughout the entire
Labor History, has always functioned as a means of stratification within the
international ranks of labor. It is, in that vein, the argument of this work that the
Marxist imperfection in the face of rising national currents in the first half of the
nineteenth century came into being owing to two primary shortcomings. First, the
practical issues pertaining to the position of the national working classes within the
world division of labor giving rise to what has been coined as the 'aristocracy of
labor'; and, second, the conventional misconception that portrays Marxism as
responsible for the supposedly cursory manner in which anti-colonial movements
were analyzed within and incorporated into the Marxist theory. This largely fictional
rupture between internationalism and Marxism, as the argument goes, can only be
bridged by a thorough analysis of the nineteenth century national liberation
movements, enabling us to surpass the supposedly crystallized dichotomies of
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Occident/Orient or North/South that are claimed by non-Marxists to be inherent in
the Marxist theoretical framework.

Keywords: Marxism, Internationalism, Nationalism, Chartism

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ÖZ

MARX, ENGELS VE ENTERNASYONALİZM: ON DOKUZUNCU YÜZYIL
ULUSAL BAĞIMSIZLIK HAREKETLERİNE MARKSİST ÇERÇEVEDEN BİR
BAKIŞ

Oktaykan, Can Berk
Yüksek Lisans, Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü
Tez Yöneticisi: Doç. Dr. Mehmet Okyayuz
Ortak Tez Yöneticisi: Yrd. Doç. Dr. Sheila M. Pelizzon

Haziran 2014, 210 sayfa

Emek tarihi boyunca belirgin bir rol oynamış bir olgu olan ulusalcılık uluslararası
işçi sınıfının katmanlı yapısının ortaya çıkışına sebebiyet vermiştir. Bu çalışmanın
temel iddiası, bu bağlamda, on dokuzuncu yüzyılın ilk yarısında yükselmeye
başlayan ulusalcı dalganın karşısında kendini hissettirmeye başlayan ve Marksist
paradigmaya içkin olduğu iddia edilen noksanların iki temel noktadan
kaynaklandığıdır. Birinci olarak, uluslararası iş bölümünde kendine farklı
pozisyonlar edinen ulusal emekçi sınıfların yol açtığı işçi aristokrasisinin oluşumu ve
bunun pratikte yarattığı problemler; ikinci olarak ise mutat bir biçimde varılan yanlış
bir kanı olan Marksizm'i kolonileşme karşıtı hareketlerin iddiaya göre yüzeysel bir
biçimde kendi kuramına eklemlemekten sorumlu addeden anlayıştır.
Enternasyonalizm ve Marksizm arasında var olduğu iddia edilen ve büyük ölçüde
kurgusal olan bu boşluğu doldurmanın tek yolu, işbu çalışmada iddia edildiği üzere,
on dokuzuncu yüzyıl ulusal bağımsızlık hareketlerinin titizlikle yeniden incelenmesi
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ve bunun bize sağlayacağı Marksist kuramsal çerçeveye içkin olduğu söylenen
Doğu/Batı veya Kuzey/Güney ikiliklerini aşma kapasitesini kullanmaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Marksizm, Enternasyonalizm, Ulusalcılık, Çartizm

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A Mia Famiglia. . .

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author is deeply indebted to both of his supervisors, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet
Okyayuz and Assist. Prof. Dr. Sheila M. Pelizzon for willing to put up with all the
tedious questions he managed to came up with in scores through the realization of
this work.

The author also believes that another round of gratitude is in order for Prof. Dr.
Smita Tawari Jassal from the sociology department at Middle East Technical
University, Assist. Prof. Dr. Kürşad Ertuğrul and Assist. Prof. Dr. Aylin Topal from
the Department Of Political Science at Middle East Technical University for their
invaluable comments, suggestions, and assistance.

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