COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE SELF AND THE OTHER IN MODERN PHILOSOPHY (ENG.)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KAR 3017 THE SELF AND THE OTHER IN MODERN PHILOSOPHY (ENG.) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Comparative Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HÜLYA KAYA

Offered to

Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to study the problem of self and other in modern philosophy and to analyze its historical changes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, the student will be able; to recognize the problem of self in modern philosophy.
2   to assert the construction of the relation between self and other.
3   to analyze the relation of the birth of modern philosophy and the protagonist in modern novel.
4   to use his/her perspective acquired from this course in discussions regarding contemporary cultural problems.
5   to advance his/her critical and theoretical skills.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Course Content
2 Birth of modern subject
3 Hobbes s notion of self
4 La Mettrie s notion of machine-man
5 Rousseauean romantic subject
6 Kantian transcendental subject
7 The notion of Hegelian subject
8 Mid-term exam
9 The notion of the romantic subject
10 Nietzschean critique on the notion of essential subject
11 Postmodern subject
12 Reconstruction of modern self
13 Reconstruction of self through others
14 General assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Copleston, Frederick, Modern Philosophy: From Descartes to Leibnitz (A History of Philosophy, Vol. 4), Image, USA, 1997.
2. Arendt, Hannah, The Human Condition, University of Chicago Press; Chicago, 1998.
3. Jones, W. T.; Robert J. Fogelin, A History of Western Philosophy: Kant and the Nineteenth Century, Revised, Volume IV, Cengage Learning, USA,1975.
4. Hendley, Steven, From Communicative Action to the Face of the Other: Levinas and Habermas on Language, Obligation and Community, Lexingtons Books, USA, 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Discussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 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

Will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Assessment Criteria

1. Mid-term exam assessment will be based on questions regarding the use of knowledge and skills acquired until the exam date.
2. Final exam assessment will be based on questions regarding the topics studied during the semester.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70 % attendance is compulsory.
2. Participation in mid-term exam and final exam will be taken into consideration in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Office Hours

Will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1545
LO.25555
LO.3545
LO.455
LO.5455