COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Strategic Research

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NEBIYE KONUK KANDEMIR

Offered to

Strategic Research

Course Objective

Modernity, Violence and Politics critically examines th violent conflict: including war, genocide, state violence and terrorism; and conflict resolution. This degree explores the origins and the consequences of violence, and considers how conflict is memorialised. Drawing on philosophy, history and cultural politics you will learn about the war on terror, humanitarian intervention, the cold war and the two world wars.

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

Textbook(s):
Giddens, A. (1994). Modernliğin Sonuçlari, E. Kuşdil (Çev.), Istanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları.
Giddens, A (2010). Modernite Ve Bireysel-Kimlik: Geç Modern Çağda Benlik Ve Toplum. Say, Yayınları.

Supplementary Book(s):
Güleç, H., Topaloğlu, M., Ünsal, D., & Altintaş, M. (2012). Bir Kısır Döngü Olarak Şiddet. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 4(1), 112-137.
Konuk, N. (2019). Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Sosyal Medyada Şiddet Kavramina Bakişlari. Turkish Online Journal Of Design Art And Communication, 9(3), 414-431.
Konuk, N., & Alici, B. (2022). Ekonomik Şiddetin Toplumsal Yansimalarina Türk Sinemasindan Bakiş: Nefesim Kesilene Kadar Örneği. Öneri Dergisi, 17(57), 365-385.
Özerkmen, N., & Gölbaşı, H. (2012). Toplumsal Bir Olgu Olarak Şiddet. Akademik Bakış Dergisi, 28, 1-19.
Karataş, Y. C. (2017). Ahlak, Siyaset Ve Demokrasi Bağlamında Kötülük Ve Şiddet. Insan Ve Toplum, 7(2), 113-138.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, term paper and presentation

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

1- Students will foster a sustained and critical reflection on social violence, history and humanity.
2- Students will explore of of social orders through time and their practices and moral economies of permissible and impermissible violence.
3- Students will examine on different conceptions of violence will be explored such as symbolic, structural, and everyday violence, along with their intersections with the many ambivalent meanings of civilization.
4- Students will use library and internet resources academically

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70% of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Students are expected to read the assigned material prior to class and to participate in class discussions.
4. Students will make presentations on topics distributed by the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nebiye KONUK KANDEMIR
nebiye.konukkandemir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment (Monday 12:00-13:00)

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes