COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology (Evening)
Sociology

Course Objective

It is to discuss sociological theories which are about the main characteristics of contemporary societies in a detailed way.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Alex Callonicos, Social Theory. A Historical Introduction (second edition), Polity Press, Cambridge, 2007.
2) Krishan Kumar, From Post-industrial to Post-modern Society. New Theories of the Contemporary World, Blackwell, Oxford, 1995.
3) Ibrahim Kaya, Social Theory and Later Modernities, Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2004.
4) Ruth A. Wallece and Alison Wolf, Contemporary Sociological Theory, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1995.
5) Perry Anderson, Zone of Engagement, Verso, London, 1992.
6) Jürgen Habermas, The Theory of Communicative Action, Vol 1 and 2, Beacon Press, 1985.
7)Cornelius Castoriadis, Dünyaya, Insana ve Topluma Dair, Iletişim yayınları, Istanbul, 1993. (Translation from French).
8) Antonio Gramsci, Hapishane Defterleri, Belge Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 1997
9) Rita Felski, The Gender of Modernity, Harvard University Press, 1995

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes