Metamps(i)pirical: Believing in Reincarnation with Reason as a Cyclical ‘Lie’ in Halef

Throughout history, humanity has questioned the meaning of its existence and sought different answers to these questions. Every living thing will taste death one day, and the mind can sometimes leave people helpless despite death and the vastness of the universe. In the idea that man’s greatest fear...

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Main Author: Aleyna Zaim
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Language:English
Published: Istanbul University Press 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/6C82B598B5CA42499CAE4AF21689E2BA
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description Throughout history, humanity has questioned the meaning of its existence and sought different answers to these questions. Every living thing will taste death one day, and the mind can sometimes leave people helpless despite death and the vastness of the universe. In the idea that man’s greatest fear is death, it is possible to see that the fear of death is hidden in the most secret, deepest place and that man covers it with many things. For this reason, the fear of death is a reason why people write themselves as heroes in the narratives in which they are reborn. The aim of this study is to consider the human being as an unwritten tablet in Murat Düzgünoğlu’s movie Halef (2018); the idea that the mind can also be shaped by extrasensory archetypes and the idea of rebirth, which is seen as the main theme of the film, will be discussed within the framework drawn by Jung, as an antithesis to this idea, with the scepticism that is embedded in the narrative of the film. Although the path chosen by the story telling is reincarnation, this article focuses on reincarnation, just as death turns into rebirth; it focuses on the inner journey of man, his symbolic manifestations, and the transformation of consciousness into the unconscious and the unconscious into consciousness. To continue this philosophical discussion, the necessity of applying a hermeneutic approach was envisaged, and the movie Halef was discussed within the framework of the dominant symbols and themes in the movie.
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spelling doaj-art-a4f5a96dbd3e4a75bf0e8e1c20c87dc42025-08-20T03:11:22ZengIstanbul University PressFilmvisio2980-31012024-12-014456910.26650/Filmvisio.2024.0014123456Metamps(i)pirical: Believing in Reincarnation with Reason as a Cyclical ‘Lie’ in HalefAleyna Zaim0https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0311-0322İstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, TürkiyeThroughout history, humanity has questioned the meaning of its existence and sought different answers to these questions. Every living thing will taste death one day, and the mind can sometimes leave people helpless despite death and the vastness of the universe. In the idea that man’s greatest fear is death, it is possible to see that the fear of death is hidden in the most secret, deepest place and that man covers it with many things. For this reason, the fear of death is a reason why people write themselves as heroes in the narratives in which they are reborn. The aim of this study is to consider the human being as an unwritten tablet in Murat Düzgünoğlu’s movie Halef (2018); the idea that the mind can also be shaped by extrasensory archetypes and the idea of rebirth, which is seen as the main theme of the film, will be discussed within the framework drawn by Jung, as an antithesis to this idea, with the scepticism that is embedded in the narrative of the film. Although the path chosen by the story telling is reincarnation, this article focuses on reincarnation, just as death turns into rebirth; it focuses on the inner journey of man, his symbolic manifestations, and the transformation of consciousness into the unconscious and the unconscious into consciousness. To continue this philosophical discussion, the necessity of applying a hermeneutic approach was envisaged, and the movie Halef was discussed within the framework of the dominant symbols and themes in the movie.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/6C82B598B5CA42499CAE4AF21689E2BAreincarnationrebirthtabula rasahalefturkish cinema
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Metamps(i)pirical: Believing in Reincarnation with Reason as a Cyclical ‘Lie’ in Halef
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reincarnation
rebirth
tabula rasa
halef
turkish cinema
title Metamps(i)pirical: Believing in Reincarnation with Reason as a Cyclical ‘Lie’ in Halef
title_full Metamps(i)pirical: Believing in Reincarnation with Reason as a Cyclical ‘Lie’ in Halef
title_fullStr Metamps(i)pirical: Believing in Reincarnation with Reason as a Cyclical ‘Lie’ in Halef
title_full_unstemmed Metamps(i)pirical: Believing in Reincarnation with Reason as a Cyclical ‘Lie’ in Halef
title_short Metamps(i)pirical: Believing in Reincarnation with Reason as a Cyclical ‘Lie’ in Halef
title_sort metamps i pirical believing in reincarnation with reason as a cyclical lie in halef
topic reincarnation
rebirth
tabula rasa
halef
turkish cinema
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