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| 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 |
| Label | E Elective |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. İLKER ÖZDEMİR |
| Course Instructor |
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 Modern Politik İdeolojiler, Andrew Wincent, Paradigma Yayınları, 2006. Siyasal İdeolojiler, Leon P. Baradat, Siyasal Kitabevi Yayınları, 2012.
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. |
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. | |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles. | |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students will be able to associate basic knowledge about the instrumental (Radio, Television, Cinema, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism, Public Relations, Journalism, etc.) and objective (Public Sphere, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.) fields of Social Communication. | |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains how communication works in all aspects of individual, group, mass, institution or different cultures. | |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Associates scientific knowledge and methods with technological innovations in the field. | |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | With an interdisciplinary perspective on the concept of communication; Sociology, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Science, Anthropology, etc. synthesises information from fields such as Communication Sciences. | 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 the ability to communicate effectively, as well as the ability to express oneself; empathizes with the ability to understand the people and the environments they are in. | |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Reports his/her observations in social, artistic and cultural events that he/she organises and actively participates in. | |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Interprets local, national and international events with a critical perspective. | 5 |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | They take an active role in group work as well as individual work. | |
| PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | As an individual with a developed sense of responsibility towards society, develops projects for the benefit of society. | 3 |
| PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | In addition to professional development, it continuously improves itself in scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields in line with its interests and abilities. | 4 |
| PLO14 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Rational thinking skills as well as methods and strategies to develop creative thinking, as well as written, verbal, visual, etc. express their thoughts through tools appropriate to the purpose. | |
| PLO15 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | To be able to follow the information in the field and communicate with colleagues abroad with the knowledge of a foreign language at least at the general level of the European Language Portfolio (B). | |
| PLO16 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Acts in accordance with ethical principles in the process of accessing, using and transmitting all kinds of information and in all other thoughts and endeavors related to the profession. | 4 |
| PLO17 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Uses methods that can be disseminated to the society in general with basic application skills specific to the field such as media literacy. | |
| 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 | Realizes future career planning in line with learning needs. | |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | It directs all its work within the framework of the legal legislation related to its 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 | Preperation and Present Power Point Presentation şa | 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 | Reading Textbooks and Examine PPT Presentations | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | Reading Textbooks and Examine PPT Presentations | 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 | ||