Politik Kuramlarda Tabiat Durumunun Anlamı Üzerinden Mad Max Fury Road Filminin Eleştirisi
Criticism of Mad Max Fury Road through the Meaning of the State of Nature in Political Theories

Summary/Abstract: The state of nature is a conceptualization that refers to the period before the development of the concept of society. Philosophers handle nature status to justify the transition to society and the establishment of political structures. It is also possible to see the depictions of Plato, Rousseau, Hobbes and Nietzsche, who are philosophers of political philosophy, in the dystopic fiction. These philosophers interpret the state of nature as a kind of war. Because, in the state of nature, norms that regulate the relations of people under the domination their desires have disappeared, and benefiting from natural resources has made the battle compulsory. The transition to social life arises from the development of moral and political norms that eliminate this combat order. It is possible to interpret both nature and social predictions in dystopic works as a return to the state of nature. Mad Max Fury Road (George Miller, 2015) describes a way of life in which all norms that make it possible for people to live together disappear and where vital resources are under the control of power holders. Descriptions of this lifestyle are similar to those of the state of nature. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between the state of nature and dystopic conceptions with the approach of the state of nature in political theories through the example of Mad Max Fury Road. In the analysis, the natural state conceptions of the related philosophers will be mentioned and the cinematic images in the film will be interpreted with these conceptions.

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