POST-MODERN THEORIES

SOCI402

Course Code: SOCI402
Semester: Eighth Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

Eighth Term (Spring)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

1. Analyze key concepts such as sovereignty, biopower, knowledge, truth, difference, simulacra, postmodern society, gender and post-human;
2. Explain the historical and theoretical foundations of postmodern thought;
3. Recognize major topics and debates in postmodern theories and in what ways they are utilized in contemporary studies.
4. Apply postmodern theories and concepts to study the recent historical and political occurrences.
5. Critisize about evidence used in postmodern texts, their strategy of argument, style and levels of meaning.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Yes(SOCI302)

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course focuses on the concepts of post-modernism and learn the debate of modernism / post-modernism

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to Post-Modernism
2^nd Week	Alaine Touraine: Critics of Modernity
3^rd Week	Baumann and Modernity
4^th Week	Lyotard and Post-Modern Condition
5^th Week	Foucault and Criticism of Modernity-I
6^th Week	Foucault and Criticism of Modernity-II
7^th Week	-----------------------MID TERM----------------
8^th Week	David Harvey: Post-modernity
9^th Week	Capitalism and Normalization: Deleuze ve Guattari
10^th Week	Cultural Aspects of Late Capitalism: Jameson
11^th Week	Post Modernism and Baudrillard
12^th Week	Post Modernism and Baudrillard- II
13^th Week	Derrida and Deconstruction
14^th Week	Post- Modern Feminism and Identity: Mouffe
15^th Week	Public Holiday
16^th Week	General Overview

Recommended or Required Reading

Best, Steven- Kellner, Douglas.1991. Postmodern Teori: Eleştirel Soruşturmalar. Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul.
Paloma, Margaret. 2007. Çağdaş Sosyoloji Kuramları. EOS Yayınları, Ankara.
Berberoglu, Berch. 2009. Klasik ve Çağdaş Sosyal Teoriye Giriş. Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Assignment	1	20
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	3	3
Preparation for Quiz	2	2	4
Individual or group work	14	7	98
Preparation for Final exam	1	3	3
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	3	3
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework	2	10	20
Total Work Load			176
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.86
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1
K2	X
K3			X	X
K4	X		X		X
K5
K6		X		X
K7		X		X
K8
K9					X
K10
K11
K12