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| Course Title | Code | Language | Type | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trends in Contemporary Philosophy | FDB 538 | Turkish | Compulsory | 3 + 0 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| Prerequisite Courses | |
| Course Level | Graduate |
| Mode of delivery | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Presentation, Problem Solving, Seminar, Homework. |
| Course Coordinator | Arş. Gör. ÖMER SİNA TEKİN |
| Instructor(s) | |
| Goals | The objective of this course is to provide students with a systematic understanding of the main philosophical movements, thinkers, and debates that have been influential from the late 19th century to the present. It aims to enable students to analyze movements such as phenomenology, existentialism, hermeneutics, critical theory, and structuralism/post-structuralism, and to evaluate the crises of modernity and postmodernity with philosophical depth. |
| Course Content | This course covers the historical background that paved the way for the birth of contemporary philosophy and its main movements. Husserl's phenomenology, the existentialist philosophies of Heidegger and Sartre, Gadamer's understanding of hermeneutics, and the critical theory of the Frankfurt School are examined. Furthermore, structuralism and post-structuralist approaches pioneered by thinkers such as Foucault and Derrida are discussed. Within the scope of the course, special focus is placed on modernity and postmodernity debates through themes such as late capitalism, time-space compression, liquid modernity, and digitalization. |
| # | Öğrenme Kazanımı |
| 1 | Explains the historical background of contemporary philosophy and its points of departure from modern thought. |
| 2 | Analyzes the main contemporary philosophical movements such as phenomenology, existentialism, and hermeneutics. |
| 3 | Evaluates critiques of the culture industry and modernity within the context of the Frankfurt School and critical theory. |
| 4 | Interprets the methods of structuralism, post-structuralism, and deconstruction through texts. |
| 5 | Discusses contemporary sociological and philosophical problems such as late capitalism, liquid modernity, and time-space compression from a critical perspective |
| Week | Topics/Applications | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | 19th Century Philosophical Legacy and Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy | Research |
| 2. Week | Phenomenology: Edmund Husserl and Intentionality | Research, Other Activities |
| 3. Week | Existentialism I: Martin Heidegger, Dasein and the Question of Being | Research, Other Activities |
| 4. Week | Existentialism II: Jean-Paul Sartre, Freedom and Nausea | Research, Other Activities |
| 5. Week | Hermeneutics: Hans-Georg Gadamer and the Problem of Understanding | Research, Other Activities |
| 6. Week | The Frankfurt School and Critical Theory: Horkheimer and Adorno | Research, Other Activities |
| 7. Week | Structuralism: Language, Sign, and Society / Saussure, Lévi-Strauss | Research, Other Activities |
| 8. Week | Post-Structuralism: Michel Foucault, Knowledge, Power, and Discourse | Research, Other Activities |
| 9. Week | Deconstruction: Jacques Derrida and the Text | Research, Other Activities |
| 10. Week | Intersection of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy: Jacques Lacan and Slavoj Žižek | Research, Other Activities |
| 11. Week | Modernity and Postmodernity Debates: Lyotard and Baudrillard | Research, Other Activities |
| 12. Week | Social Transformation from Solid Modernity to Liquid Modernity / Z. Bauman | Research, Other Activities |
| 13. Week | The Condition of Postmodernity, Time-Space Compression and the Production of Space / D. Harvey, H. Lefebvre | Research, Other Activities |
| 14. Week | General evaluation of the course topics and discussion of seminar presentations) | Other Activities |
| No | Program Requirements | Level of Contribution | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | PQ1: To develop his knowledge in the field of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the level of expertise, based on the information he obtained during his undergraduate period. | ✔ | |||||
| 2 | PQ2: To gain the ability to act according to the awareness of individual and social responsibility by complying with the rules of professional ethics in the process from the selection of the subject in research on Philosophy and Religious Studies to the conclusion of the research and its presentation to the public. | ✔ | |||||
| 3 | PQ3: To learn basic knowledge and approaches in the field of Philosophy and Religious Studies and to acquire the ability to use the knowledge of the field for the benefit of individuals and society. | ✔ | |||||
| 4 | PQ4: In addition to historical information about the field of Philosophy and Religious Studies, to gain the ability to follow current developments in the field and evaluate it in terms of our country's conditions. | ✔ | |||||
| 5 | PQ5: To have the ability to evaluate and interpret the knowledge and skills produced in the field of Philosophy and Religious Studies with a critical approach. | ✔ | |||||
| 6 | PQ6: To have the ability to use the notion gained in the field of Philosophy and Religious Studies in the field of religious services and religious education. | ✔ | |||||
| 7 | PQ7: To gain the ability to access information sources related to the academic field, examine and evaluate them, and use them to solve the problems they address. | ✔ | |||||
| 8 | PQ8: To have the ability to offer solutions to individual and social problems encountered today, using the Philosophy and Religious Studies Notion. | ✔ | |||||
| Program Requirements | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| PY2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| PY4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ders Kitabı veya Notu | Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır. |
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| Diğer Kaynaklar |
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| ECTS credits and course workload | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ders İçi |
Class Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
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Ders Dışı |
Homework | 6 | 6 | 36 |
| Preparation, After Class Study | 6 | 6 | 36 | |
| Research | 6 | 6 | 36 | |
| Presentation (Preparation) | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Other Activities | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
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Sınavlar |
Midterm | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Homework | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total Workload | 153 | |||
| *AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 | ECTS Credit of the Course | 6.0 | ||
