Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY 14005074 4 + 0 4.0 11.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery Formal Education
Course Coordinator
Instructors Hayriye ERBAŞ
Assistants
Goals To learn and run discussions about modern sociological theorists
Course Content It is shown in the weekly program
Learning Outcomes 1) Explains and elaborates the concept of modernity and post modernity and the underlying intellectual framework
2) Explains and elaborates the emergence of classical sociological accounts within a historical/social context
3) Compares and analyzes modern theorists' accounts on the nature of society and the way it operates.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week INTRODUCTION I: MODERN SOCIOLOGY, CHANGES AND RESULTS IN THE POST 1970s ERA Lecture; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week INTRODUCTION II: CRITICAL APPROACHES ON POSTMODERN THEORY Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week NORBERT ELIAS, PIERRE BOURDIEU, RICHARD SENNETT Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week ERIC HOBSBAWN, PERRY ANDERSON Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week JÜRGEN HABERMAS, ALAN TOURAINE Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
6. Week ALEX CALLINICOS, TERRY EAGLETON Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week JEAN BAUDRILLARD, ZYGMUNT BAUMAN, GEORGE RITZER Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
8. Week ALVIN TOFFLER, J. O’CONNOR, ULRICH BECK, M. BOOCKHIN Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
9. Week IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN, HENRI LEFEBVRE Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
10. Week MANUEL CASTELLS, DAVID HARVEY Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
11. Week JEAN – FRANÇOIS LYOTARD, JACQUES DERRIDA Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
12. Week STUART HALL, SAMUEL HUNTINGTON Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
13. Week MICHEL FOUCAULT, ALAN SOKAL Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
14. Week KATE MILLET, JUDITH BUTLER Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
(1994) The Polity Reader in Sociological Theory, Cambridge: Polity Press.
Best Steven Douglas Kellner (1998) Postmodern Teori: Eleştirel Soruşturmalar, İstanbul: Ayrıntı, Çev. Mehmet Küçük.
Calhoun, Craig et. al. (eds) (2007) Contemporary Sociological Theory, Blackwell.
Eliot, Anthony (1999) Contemporary Sociological Theory, Oxford: Blackwell.
Hier, P. Sean (ed.) (2005) Contemporary Sociological Thought: Themes and Theories, Canadian Scholar’ Press Inc, Toronto.
Kumar, Krishan (1995) Sanayi Sonrası Toplumlardan Post-Modern Topluma: çağdaş Dünyanın Yeni Kuramları, Ankara: Dost Kitabevi, Çev. Mehmet Küçük.
Ritzer, George Barry Smart (2001) Handbook of Social Thory, Sage Publication
Ritzer, George. (2003) The Blackwell Companion to Major Contemporary Social Theorist. Blackwell Publishing.
Sarup, Madan, (2010) Post-Yapısalcılık ve Postmodernizm: Eleştirel Bir Giriş: İstanbul: Kırk Gece Yayınları.
Scott, John (ed.) (2007) Fifty Key Sociologists: The Contemporary Theorists, Routledge.

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PY13333
PY33323
PY43233
PY52232

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 6
Homework 1 30
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 20
Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 13 5
13 5
1 30
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  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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