COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RELIGION, SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN MODERN TURKISH INTELLECTUALS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5208 RELIGION, SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN MODERN TURKISH INTELLECTUALS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET CEM ŞAHIN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

This course deals with the approaches of prominent Turkish intellectuals to social change and religion in Turkey such as Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Nurettin Topçu, Şerif Mardin, Peyami Safa, Erol Güngör, Sabri Ülgener, I. H.Baltacıoğlu, M. E. Erişirgil, Niyazi Berkes, and Cemil Meriç. It examines periods and mentality patterns, sources of intellectual inspiration, and political and intellectual debates from different aspects through the portraits of prominent intellectuals who have focused on social and religious issues.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understands the development of the history of Turkish Thought in the Republic era.
2   Explains the place of religion among the political and intellectual debates in the Turkish Republic era.
3   Evaluates the different approaches of Turkish thinkers on religion and society.
4   Learns how Turkish intellectuals' views on religious life are shaped by which intellectual sources.
5   Interprets how the conceptual / theoretical frameworks of our thinkers affect and shape the Turkish socio-cultural structure and intellectual life.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Political and intellectual debates on the relationship between religion, society and culture in Republican Era of Turkey.
2 Hilmi Ziya Ülken's approach to the relationship between religion and society
3 Hilmi Ziya Ülken's approach to the relationship between religion and society
4 Nurettion Topçu's approach to the relationship between religion and society
5 Nurettion Topçu's approach to the relationship between religion and society
6 Niyazi Berker's approach to the relationship between religion and society
7 Sabri Fehmi Ülgener's approach to the relationship between religion and society
8 Sabri Fehmi Ülgener's approach to the relationship between religion and society
9 Şerif Mardin's approach to the relationship between religion and society
10 Şerif Mardin's approach to the relationship between religion and society
11 Erol Güngör's approach to the relationship between religion and society
12 Erol Güngör's approach to the relationship between religion and society
13 Cemil Meriç's approach to the relationship between religion and society
14 Cemil Meriç's approach to the relationship between religion and society

Recomended or Required Reading

Ülken, Hilmi Ziya. (1999). Türkiye'de Çağdaş Düşünce Tarihi. Ülken Yayınları. Istanbul
Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce (Cilt 1-9) Iletişim Yayınları. Istanbul.
Kongar, Emre (1996) Türk Toplumbilimcileri I, II, Istanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
Kaçmazoğlu, Bayram (2003) Türk Sosyoloji Tarihi I, II, Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.
Mardin, Şerif. (1995) Türkiye de Toplum ve Siyaset, Istanbul: Iletişim Yayını.
Türkdoğan, Orhan. (1999) Kemalist Sistem- Kültürel Boyutları, Istanbul: Alfa Yayını.
Özdemir, Çağatay (Ed.) (2008) Türkiye de Sosyoloji I, II, Ankara: Phoenix Yayınevi.
Ülgener, Sabri F. (1981) Dünü ve Bugünü ile Zihniyet ve Din, Istanbul: Der Yayını.
Ülken, Hilmi Ziya. (1998) Insani Vatanperverlik, Istanbul: Ülken Yayını.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving and Discussion Methods;
Brainstorming and Vision Development Techniques.

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

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of students will be determined according to examination and lecture
performance.

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, 15:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 151

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.13345
LO.23345
LO.33345
LO.43345
LO.53345

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