AS358 Contemporary Political Thought

4 ECTS - 3-0 Duration (T+A)- 6. Semester- 3 National Credit

Information

Code AS358
Name Contemporary Political Thought
Term 2024-2025 Academic Year
Semester 6. Semester
Duration (T+A) 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 4 ECTS
National Credit 3 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Prof. Dr. İLKER ÖZDEMİR
Course Instructor
1 2
Prof. Dr. İLKER ÖZDEMİR (A Group) (Ins. in Charge)


Course Goal / Objective

Giving detailed information about contemporary political thought with its developments; establishing of a link between political thought and communication studies. Acquiring a basic approach for solving social, political and communicative problems with the knowledge of political developments of today.

Course Content

Contemporary political thoughts and ideas from 19th century to today will be discussed. Liberalism, conservatism, nationalism, socialist thougnts and social democracy will be handled detailly. In addition to that new social movements (femism, ecologism etc.),new conservatism, neo-liberalism and postmodernist approaches will be discussed.

Course Precondition

None

Resources

Batı´da Siyasal Düşünceler Tarihi, M. Ali Ağaoğulları, İletişim Yayınları, 2011/Minerva´nın Baykuşu: Batı Siyasi Düşünce Tarihi, Jeffrey Abramson, Çeviren: İbrahim Yıldız, Dipnot Yayınları, 2013/ Çağdaş Siyaset Felsefesine Giriş, Will Kymlicka, Çeviren: Ebru Kılıç, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2016/19. Yüzyıldan 20. Yüzyıla Modern Siyasal İdeolojiler, H. Birsen Örs (Der.) İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2015/ Siyasal İdeolojiler, Andrew Heywood, Çeviren: Levent Köker, BB101 Yayınevi, 2016

Notes

Çağdaş Temel Kuramlar, Qentin Skinner, Çeviren: Ahmet Demirhan, Vadi Yayınları, Ankara, 2007


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Defines the contemporary political concepts and political institutions.
LO02 Establish a link between contemporary political thoughts and communication studies.
LO03 Follows developments within the political area with the updated work.
LO04 Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve politics and communication.
LO05 Develops a sense of responsibility towards the society, as individuals, develops projects for the benefit of the community.
LO06 Synthesize information that communication studies and contemporary political ideas within a interdisciplinary perspective.
LO07 Has creative thinking using the methods and strategies, for the purpose of society, communication and politics.
LO08 Follows the local, national and international political events with criticallly comments.
LO09 Actively participates to the social and political activities and reports events.
LO10 Be citizenship consciouness which sensible to human and citizen rights within the knowledge of contemporary political thoughts.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Explains the basic concepts of the field, communication patterns, communication and cultural functions within the framework of communication as the basis of Communication Studies. 4
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles. 4
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Holds information related to the fields as a basis; Instrumental Social Communications (Radio, TV, Film, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism) within a terminological frame (=teleological) (Public Sphere, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.). 4
PLO04 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Has the knowledge and skills to use and/or explain how communication works in every aspect in different cultures, from individual to group, mass, institutional communication within the major tools of communication. 2
PLO05 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Distinguishes non-scientific knowledge from the scientific method, and follows technological innovations in the field with the updated work. 2
PLO06 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı From an interdisciplinary perspective, acknowledged the concept of communication to synthesize information that Communication Studies has background from different areas like, Sociology, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Sciences, Anthropology and so on. 4
PLO07 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems encountered in size of individual to global communications. 3
PLO08 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı As a requirement of competence to communicate effectively, has the ability to express himself/herself up, facing the people with correct understanding in environments in which he/she is capable of empathy sets. 3
PLO09 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Organizes and/or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities, reports events.
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Follows the local, national and international events with critical comments. 5
PLO11 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Is able to work in the group as well as having the competence of the individual work
PLO12 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Develops a sense of responsibility towards the society, as individuals, develops projects for the benefit of the community, leadership and entrepreneurial skills of intellectual exhibitions. 3
PLO13 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Improves constantly himself/herself, as well as being open to professional developments in scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities, identifying needs of learning 4
PLO14 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Has rational thinking skills, creative thinking in written, oral, visual and so on, as well as using the methods and strategies, for the purpose of communicating thoughts. 2
PLO15 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Has at least one foreign language in the European Language Portfolio (B) with the level of using the information in track and communicate with colleagues abroad.
PLO16 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik While accessing all kinds of information, using and transmitting of all other thoughts on the process and in all other practices of the profession strives to comply with ethical requirements and endeavors. 4
PLO17 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Has basic skills and use these skills for mediating to the general population methods in the specific praxis areas, such as media literacy, 4
PLO18 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Is competent to use required level of knowledge of the area and use of computer software as well as all means of communication (body language, verbal and nonverbal communication, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cinema, internet and other information / communication technologies, and mass media)
PLO19 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Identifies learning needs and future career plan and perform accordingly.
PLO20 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Has the knowledge of the legal framework related to the field.


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Introduction to Contemporary Political Thought Presentation Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap
2 The concept of ideology Reading and Discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
3 Liberalism: Origins of Liberal Thougt Reading and Discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
4 From classic liberalism to neo-liberalism Reading and Discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
5 Political liberalism: John Rawls's Theory of Justice Reading and Discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
6 Conservatism: from classic conservatism to neo-conservatism. Reading and Discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
7 Nationalism Reading and Discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
8 Mid-Term Exam owerall files Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
9 Racism Reading and Discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
10 Marxism and anarchism Reading and Discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
11 Contemporary Marxist Thougt: Gramschi and Hegemony, Althusser and ideological state apparatus Reading, research and discussion. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
12 Contemporary Marxist Thougt: Critical Theory Reading, research and discussion. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
13 Contemporary Marxist Thougt: Foucault, Bourdieu and Habermas Reading, research and discussion. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
14 New social movements and feminism and ecologism Reading, research and discussion. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
15 Postmodernism and owerall evaluation owerall files Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
16 Term Exams owerall files Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
17 Term Exams owerall files Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Ödev


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 3 42
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 7 7
Final Exam 1 18 18
Total Workload (Hour) 109
Total Workload / 25 (h) 4,36
ECTS 4 ECTS

Update Time: 11.05.2024 11:33