| Course Name | Code | Semester | T+U Hours | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Modernize To Skin Modernize Soc. Theory | SOS 615 | 0 | 3 + 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Precondition Courses | |
| Recommended Optional Courses | |
| Course Language | Turkish |
| Course Level | Doctorate Degree |
| Course Type | Optional |
| Course Coordinator | Prof.Dr. MUSTAFA KEMAL ŞAN |
| Course Lecturers | |
| Course Assistants | |
| Course Category | Other |
| Course Objective | To analyze the development of social theory from the Enlightenment to postmodernity |
| Course Content | Discussion on the major theorists of society from the Enlightenment and post-modernity |
| # | Course Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To introduce students to the critical analysis of Enlightenment thought and legacy | Lecture, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| 2 | To get a basic overview of the origins of modernity | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| 3 | To develop a critical understanding of the theorists of modernity | Lecture, | Oral Exam, Homework, |
| 4 | To analyse the industrial society | Lecture, Discussion, | Testing, Oral Exam, |
| 5 | To understand the postmodern social theory | Lecture, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| Week | Course Topics | Preliminary Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enlightenment | |
| 2 | Origins of Modernity | |
| 3 | Institutional dimensions of modernity | |
| 4 | Sociology and modernity | |
| 5 | Modernity theorists : Marx, Durkheim , Weber | |
| 6 | Industrial Society as the capitalist society : Marx and Marxism | |
| 7 | Durkheim, organic solidarity | |
| 8 | Weber and iron cage | |
| 9 | The crisis of modernity : high modernity or postmodernity? | |
| 10 | The rise of postmodern social theory | |
| 11 | Lyotard and the postmodern condition | |
| 12 | Foucault and postmodern social science | |
| 13 | Jacques Derrida and deconstruction of Baudrillard and hyperreality | |
| 14 | The critique of modernity and postmodernity |
| Resources | |
|---|---|
| Course Notes | Lecture Notes |
| Course Resources | 1.Modernity, Polity Press, 1992, Modernliğin Sonuçları, Ayrıntı Yay.1994. 2.Charles Taylor,Malaise of Modernity, Anansi,1991-Modernliğin Sıkıntıları,Ayrıntı Yay.1995. 3.Peter Wagner, A Sociology of Modernity, Routledge,1994-Modernliğin Sosyolojisi,Sarmal, 1996. 4.Anthony Giddens,Modernity and Self-Identity,Polity Press,1991. 5.Anthıny Giddens,Modernliğin Sonuçları,Ayrıntı Yayınları,1994. 6.Zygmunt Bauman,Modernlik ve Müphemlik,Ayrıntı Yay.2004. |
| Order | Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | To be able to perceive and evaluate social matters at national and universal level | X | |||||
| 2 | To be able to evaluate sociological process from beginning to current in terms of leading Turkish thinkers at national level | X | |||||
| 3 | To be able to understand and solve the particular social problems and closely acquainted with related branches of Sociology | X | |||||
| 4 | To be able to interrogate and pose a question on popular contemporary sociological concepts objectively as globalization, multiculturalism, identity and postmodernism | X | |||||
| 5 | To be able to do researches and to improve a method about the sociological problems and produce solutions | X | |||||
| 6 | To be able to analyze the social conditions in nineteenth century that caused rising of Sociology | X | |||||
| 7 | |||||||
| Evaluation System | |
|---|---|
| Semester Studies | Contribution Rate |
| 1. Ara Sınav | 50 |
| 1. Kısa Sınav | 10 |
| 1. Ödev | 30 |
| 2. Kısa Sınav | 10 |
| Total | 100 |
| 1. Yıl İçinin Başarıya | 60 |
| 1. Final | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
| ECTS - Workload Activity | Quantity | Time (Hours) | Total Workload (Hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 16 | 5 | 80 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Quiz | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Assignment | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Total Workload | 142 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (Hours) | 5.68 | ||
| dersAKTSKredisi | 6 | ||