COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WESTERN SOCIETY AND RELIGION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6264 WESTERN SOCIETY AND RELIGION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET CEM ŞAHIN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To observe the existence of the authority of the church in all parts of western society in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the beginning of this authority, reform, enlightenment, industrial revolution periods, such as, how they change the entire world under the influence of the western tradition, the change of historical process of positivist thought, revolution, and modernism, and to interpret them all.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the reasons of becoming of the church as the sole religious and political authority in Medieval Europe.
2   Understands religion's loosing process of legitimacy in Europe besides the Renaissance, reformation and enlightenment.
3   Interprets the approach of many "ism"s to the religion which emerging together with drawing slowly away of religion from Western society.
4   Analyzes the reasons of the fact that these changes in the tradition of Western societies exist at different levels and do not exist in same manner.
5   Comments the criticism of modernism from the perspective of Western societies, in the sense of confrontation of contemporary West with its history.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Condition of social life in the Middle Ages in Western societies
2 The authority of the church and clergy
3 Relations between the political governments and the church
4 Renaissance and reform movements change the social life and the church
5 Developments preparing the transition from feudal to capitalist society
6 Martin Luther's reform and the idea of the two kingdoms
7 Calvin's reform and the spirit of capitalism
8 1789 the French Revolution, the effects of local and global dimension
9 The emergence of the bourgeois and the class struggle
10 Europe's scientific, philosophical, artistic, and religious status in 17th century: Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Newton and so on.
11 View of Enlightenment philosophers to religion and politics
12 The industrial revolution and the strengthening of the capitalist economy
13 The fact that modernity is the only through fund
14 The West moves itself, its religion and modernity to the agenda again in the postmodern world

Recomended or Required Reading

Primary References:
1. Ulrich Im Hof, Avrupa'da Aydınlanma, Çeviren: Şebnem Sunar, Literatür Yayınları, Istanbul 2004.
2. Maurice Barbier, Modern Batı Düşüncesinde Din ve Siyaset, Çeviren: Özkan Gözel, Kaknüs Yayınları, Istanbul 1999.
3. Server Tanilli, Yüzyılların Gerçeği ve Mirası II. (Ortaçağ), Say Yayınları, Istanbul 1986.
4. Server Tanilli, Yüzyılların Gerçeği ve Mirası III. (XVI. Ve XVII. Yüzyıllar), Say Yayınları, Istanbul 1987.
Secondary References:
1. Fehmi Baykan, Aydınlanma Üzerine Bir Derkenar, Kaknüs Yayınları, Istanbul 2000.
2. David Thomson, Siyasi Düşünce Tarihi, Çeviren: Ali Yaşar Aydoğan- Cengiz Şişman vd., Şule Yayınları, Istanbul 1996.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Telling, Question&Answer, Discussion, Case study.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Besides the questions testing if the students have learnt the knowledge they must have learnt, there will be classic questions which are intended to increase their power of interpretation.

Assessment Criteria

The success of students is being evaluated based on their performance at midterm exam, final exam, and course achievement.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmetcem.sahin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 14:00 - 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.254454
LO.354454
LO.454454
LO.554454

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