Hayatta Kalma Politikası: The Last of Us’da Akışkan Modernite ve Doğa Durumu
Anahtar Kelimeler:
post-apocalyptic narrative- The Last of Us- Individualism- Collectivism- State of Nature- Liquid ModernityÖz
Post-apokaliptik anlatılar, felaket sonrası çökmüş dünyalarda hayatta kalanların
toplumsal yaşamın temellerini yeniden müzakere etmek zorunda kaldıkları
evrenler tasavvur eder. The Last of Us’ın (2023-) ilk sezonu, her biri farklı fakat
nihayetinde kusurlu bir kolektif hayatta kalma modeli sunan beş topluluğa doğru
yapılan bir yolculuk şeklinde yapılandırılmıştır. Bu makale, Hobbes’un doğa
durumu kavrayışı, Rousseau’nun insanın doğuştan merhametli olduğuna dair
inancı ve Bauman’ın akışkan modernite teorisi ışığında, söz konusu toplulukların
bireysel özerklik ile kolektif sorumluluk arasındaki ideolojik gerilimi nasıl ele
aldığını incelemektedir. Otoriter yönetimden devrimci intikama, komünal
öz-yeterlilikten dinsel tarikat yapılanmasına ve faydacı bilime uzanan beş
çok farklı post-apokaliptik toplumsal oluşumu analiz ederek, dizinin istikrarlı
veya sürdürülebilir bir topluluk olasılığını sistematik biçimde reddettiğini ileri
sürmektedir. The Last of Us, hayatta kalmayı belirsizliğe ve kişisel bağların öncelik
kazanmasına dayanan, temelde akışkan bir durum olarak sunar. Joel’in bireysel
sadakati kolektif iyiliğin önüne koyan nihai kararı, dizinin her tür toplumsal
örgütlenmeye yönelik daha geniş şüpheciliğini özetler niteliktedir. Sonuç olarak
dizi, topluluk fikrinin kırılganlığını ve kriz zamanlarında insan hayatta kalışını
şekillendiren ahlaki belirsizlikleri konu alan bir tefekküre dönüşür.
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