Mohsin Hamid’in Gönülsüz Köktendinci İsimli Romanının Risk ve Mekân Kavramları Bakımından İncelenmesi

Abstract

The September 11 attacks on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center have had diverse, catalytic effects on both national and global scales. The present study will analyze Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist as a 9/11 narrative exploring the implications of living in a society characterized by the securitization of everyday lives, mediatized terrorism, and heightened senses of uncertainty, anxiety, and aggressive patriotism. In doing so, it will be examined how competing riskscapes produced multifariously in the aftermath of 9/11 are represented in the novel. The novel foregrounds both risk and space. The protagonist’s physical and symbolic mobility reveal the intricacies of living in the post-9/11 world that are often overlooked in institutionalized risk discourses. With references to cities such as New York, Manila, Lahore, and Valparaiso, the present study will shed light on alternative ways risks and riskscapes are constructed and experienced by individuals.