Information Package / Course Catalogue
Current Debates on Social Theory
Course Code: SOS481
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

This course aims to introduce students with some current theoretical approaches; to evaluate and analyze current theoretical approaches. This course aims to provide students with some basic skills such as critical and analytical thinking.

Course Content

Pierre Bourdieu: Culture, Capital, Habitus and Theory of Field; Jurgen Habermas and Modernity; Anthony Giddens and theory of structuration; Manuel Castells: theory of network society; Richard Sennett and The culture of the new capitalism; David Harvey: Postmodernism and Space.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Ümit TATLICAN
Learning Outcomes
1.to learn current debates in social theory
2.to analyze and understand the development of modern social theory
3.to gain the ability to analyze social phenomena from a variety of sociological perspectives
4.To positioning the postmodern dissussions.
5.To comprehend the macro-micro works.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Çeğin, G.; Göker, E.; Arlı, A.; Tatlıcan, Ü. (2014) Ocak ve Zanaat: Pierre Bourdieu Derlemesi, İletişim Yayınları.
2.Çiğdem, A. (2015) Bir İmkan Olarak Modernite: Weber ve Habermas, İletişim Yayınları.
3.Habermas, J. (2015) Kamusallığın Yapısal Dönüşümü, Çev. Tanıl Bora, İletişim Yayınları.
4.Giddens, Anthony (1984), The Constitution of Society, University of California Press Giddens, Anthony (2005), Sosyal Teorinin Temel Problemleri: Sosyal Analizde Eylem, Yapı ve Çelişki, Çev. Ümit Tatlıcan, Paradigma Yayınları, İstanbul.
5.Giddens, Anthony (2013) Sosyolojik Yöntemin Yeni Kuralları: Yorumcu Sosyolojilerin Pozitif Bir Eleştirisi, Çev. Ümit Tatlıcan, Bekir Balkız, 2. Baskı, Sentez Yayıncılık.
6.Castells, M. (2013) Bin Yılın Sonu: Enformasyon Çağı Ekonomi, Toplum ve Kültür Cilt 3, Çev. Ebru Kılıç, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
7.Harvey, D. (2015) Umut Mekanları, Çev. Zeynep Gambetti, Metis Yayınları. Sennett, R. (2015) Yeni Kapitalizmin Kültürü, Çev. Aylin Onacak, Ayrıntı Yayınları.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to the Course
Week 2 - Theoretical
Pierre Bourdieu: Culture, Capital, Habitus and Theory of Field
Week 3 - Theoretical
Pierre Bourdieu: Culture, Capital, Habitus and Theory of Field
Week 4 - Theoretical
Pierre Bourdieu: Culture, Capital, Habitus and Theory of Field
Week 5 - Theoretical
Jurgen Habermas and The Critique of Modernity
Week 6 - Theoretical
Jurgen Habermas and The Theory of Communicative Action
Week 7 - Theoretical
Anthony Giddens and Theory of Structuration
Week 8 - Theoretical
Anthony Giddens & Agency and Structure
Week 9 - Theoretical
Erving Goffman: Order of Interaction
Week 10 - Theoretical
Randal Collins: Chains of Interaction Ritual
Week 11 - Theoretical
Randal Collins: Social Capital and Emotions
Week 12 - Theoretical
Anthony Giddens: Late Modernity
Week 13 - Theoretical
Anthony Giddens: Globalization
Week 14 - Theoretical
General Evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Reading140342
Individual Work130226
Midterm Examination119120
Final Examination124125
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)155
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
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OÇ-1
5
4
5
4
4
3
3
1
3
3
3
OÇ-2
5
4
5
4
4
3
3
1
3
3
3
OÇ-3
4
4
5
4
4
3
3
1
3
3
3
OÇ-4
5
5
3
3
5
3
4
1
5
5
5
OÇ-5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
2
5
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026