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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS STR 5043 MODERN SOCIETY THEORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Strategic Research

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DOĞAN GÖÇMEN

Offered to

Strategic Research

Course Objective

Studies in cosmopolitanism

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Know original and fundamental sources of modern social theory. 2   Compare main schools of modern social theory. 3   Compare the main stages in the development of modern social theory. 4   Understand the significance of modern social theory for contemporary debates. 5   Discuss the main critiques of modern social theory

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Renaissance and modern society theory 2 Nicolo Machiavelli and the Prince 3 Thomas Hobbes and Leviathan 4 John Locke and the Second Test on the Government 5 Jean Jacques Rousseau and the Community Convention 6 Immanuel Kant and Metaphysics of Morality 7 Jürgen Habermas and the Re-definition of Publicity 8 John Rawls and New Justice Theories 9 Robert Nozik and New Justice Theories 10 Charles Taylor and Multiculturalism 11 Friedrich Hayek and New Freedom Theories 12 Friedrich Nietzsche and Critique of Modern Society Theory 13 Karl Marx and Critique of Modern Society Theory 14 General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

- David Held ve Daniele Archibugi (yay.), Cosmopolitan Democracy: An Agenda for a New World Order, Polity Press, Cambridge, 1995. - Daniele Archibugi, The Globalwealth of Citizens: Toward Cosmopolitan Democracy, Princeton University Press, 2015.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Recall of the topics of the last session. Framing of the topics of the week Presentation and teaching Empirical case studies

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

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Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam, Final exam, presentation and homework

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Regular and active participation in classes

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

dogan.gocmen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Course day, after the course hours.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 12 3 36 Student Presentations 15 2 30 Communication skills practice 15 2 30 Preparation for midterm exam 1 16 16 Preparation for final exam 1 16 16 Preparing assignments 1 16 16 Preparing presentations 1 16 16 Midterm 1 6 6 Final 1 6 6 Final Assignment 1 12 12 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 184

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 LO.1 3 3 4 3 1 1 5 LO.2 3 3 4 3 1 1 5 LO.3 3 3 4 3 1 1 5 LO.4 3 3 4 3 1 1 5 LO.5 1 2 1 1 1 1 2