Kurban Teorileri ve Psikanalitik Bakış Açısı Bağlamında Sözleşmenin Kuruluşu: Yorgos Lanthimos ve Kutsal Geyiğin Ölümü
Establishment of Contract in the Context of Sacrifice Theories and the Psychoanalytic Perspective: Yorgos Lanthimos and The Killing Of A Sacred Deer

Summary/Abstract: Sacrifice practice is a historical practice that needs to be explained or has important problems to explain for many disciplines. The explanation of the functional aspect of the sacrificial practice that emerges in all societies where the concept of the sacred takes place is shaped according to the perspectives of the disciplines. At the same time, the ambiguity of the practice of sacrifice can instrumentalize the practice of sacrifice as a proof of a proposed “scientific” theory. However, it is seen that the concept of sacrifice produces, repairs or re-establishes the relationship with the sacred with concepts such as oath, gift and atonement, despite all social differences. In this context, the practice of sacrifice appears as an application of renunciation based on the declaration of obedience to the sanctity that provides the basis for the social contract and assumes a functional role in the production of the social contract. In The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Yorgos Lanthimos deals with the ritual of sacrifice in the context of the reproduction of the social contract, while at the same time shaping it with psychoanalytic codes and transforming it into a metaphor of the individual’s subjectivation process. Thus, the practice of sacrifice becomes a signifier of both the establishment of the social contract and the discipline of the individual by the father’s law. In the study, The Killing of a Sacred Deer movie text is analyzed in the context of sacrifice theories and psychoanalytic theory.

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