COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL THEORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 5045 SOCIAL THEORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR IBRAHIM KAYA

Offered to

Sociology

Course Objective

To grasp the basic concepts of advanced social theory and to be able to look at the problems of modern societies from a theoretical perspective.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1) understand the relationship between theory and science
2   2) understand the logic of social theories
3   3) explain social problems by establishing connections between events
4   4) make theoretical inferences by establishing relationships between important theorists and today's world
5   5) understand the importance of social theory for social sciences

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Introduction and Basic Concepts
2 Enlightenment and its Critiques
3 Social Theory and Social Sciences
4 Rationalization of Society
5 Dualist theories of modernity
6 Imaginary Significations of Modernity
7 Mid-term Exam (Homework Submission)
8 Poststructuralism
9 Postmodernism
10 Multiple Modernities
11 Time and History
12 End of History ( )
13 Clash of Civilizations ( )
14 Cultural Turn
15 Globalization and Imperialism
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Alex Callonicos, Toplum Kuramı. Tarihsel Bir Bakış, Iletişim yayınları, Istanbul, 2004.
Max Horkheimer ve Theodor W. Adorno, Aydınlanmanın Diyalektiği, Kabalcı Yayınevi, Istanbul, 1995
Jürgen Habermas, The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity, Polity Press, Cambridge, 1987.
Jürgen Habermas, Iletişimsel Eylem Kuramı, Kabalcı yayınevi, Istanbul, 2001.
Jürgen Habermas, Sosyal Bilimlerin Mantığı Üzerine, Kabalcı yayınevi, Istanbul, 1998
Anthony Giddens, Sosyolojik Yöntemin Yeni Kuralları, Paradigma Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 2003
Zygmunt Bauman, Modernlik ve Müphemlik, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul, 2003
Cornelius Castoriadis, Dünyaya, Insana ve Topluma Dair, Iletişim yayınları, Istanbul,
1993.
Ibrahim Kaya, Sosyal Teori ve Geç Modernlikler, Imge Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara, 2018 (ikinci baskı)
Alex Callinicos, Postmodernizme Hayır, Ayraç yayınları, Ankara, 2001.
Terry Eagleton, Postmodernizmin Yanılsamaları, Ayrıntı yayınları, Istanbul, 1999.
Perry Anderson, Tarihten Siyasete Eleştiri yazıları, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul, 2001.
Fredric Jameson, Kültürel Dönemeç, Dost Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara, 2005

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer and discussion

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

There will be an assignment and a final exam covering the topics covered in the course.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is important, students are responsible for complying with academic ethics principles in their course-related activities. All electronic devices must be turned off in class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ibrahim.kaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 35 35
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 188

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.155
LO.2555
LO.355
LO.455
LO.55