Information Package / Course Catalogue
Postmodernism and İts Criticisms
Course Code: FEL428
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

An examination of the philosophical problems arising from modernity and postmodernity debate is the main goal of this course.

Course Content

An examination of the philosophical problems arising from modernity and postmodernity debate is the main goal of this course.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Onur KARTAL
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to comrpehend causes of occurrence of Postmodernisma as a critic.
2.To be able to explain features of Postmodernism as a philosophical movement.
3.To be able to tell about conclusion of Postmodernism that reflected contemporary movement
4.To be familiar with the postmodern discussions.
5.To know main critics on postmodernism.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Adorno, Theodor W., Against Epistemology, London and Cambridge, Basil Blackwell and MIT Pres, 1983.
2.Bumin, Tülin, Tartışılan Modernlik: Descartes ve Spinoza, Yapı kredi Yayınları, 1. Baskı, İstanbul, 1996.
3.Foucault, Michel, The Archaeology of Knowledge, New York, Harper and Row, 1972.
4.Habermas, J., Post Modernist Burjuva Liberalizmi, (Çev.Y. Alogan), Sarmal Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1995.
5.Habermas, J., The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity, Cambridge, MIT Pres, 1987.
6.Heller, Agnes- Feher, Ference, Postmodern Politik Durum, (Çev. Ş. Argın-O. Akınhay), Öteki Yayınevi, Ankara, 1993.
7.Jameson F.-Lyotard, J.F.-Habermas, J.,Postmodernizm, (Derleyen ve Sunan: Necmi Zekâ), Kıyı Yayınları, 2. Basım, İstanbul, 1994.
8.Jameson, Fredric, The Prison House of Language, Princeton: Princeton University Pres, 1972.
9.Küçük, Mehmet (Ed.),Modernite Versus Postmodernite, Vadi yayınları, Ankara, 1993.
10.Lyotard, Jean-François, Postmodern Durum-Postmodernizm, (Çev.A. Çiğdem), Ara Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1990.
11.Poole, Ross, Ahlak ve Modernlik, (Çev. Mehmet Küçük), Ayrıntı Yayınları, 1.Basım, İstanbul, 1993.
12.Touraine, Alain, Modernliğin Eleştirisi, (Çev. Hülya Tufan), Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul, 1992.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
What is the Modernizm?
Week 2 - Theoretical
Lecture continued
Week 3 - Theoretical
The Problem of Subject.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Is it the end or emergence of Subject?
Week 5 - Theoretical
Lecture continued
Week 6 - Theoretical
Unconscionable rationalization and the sovereignty of technical reason.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Lecture continued
Week 8 - Theoretical
Lecture Continued
Week 9 - Theoretical
Scepticism, relativism and nihilism.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Lecture continued
Week 11 - Theoretical
Lecture Continued
Week 12 - Theoretical
The problem of verity
Week 13 - Theoretical
Language and reality
Week 14 - Final Exam
Final
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Reading140342
Midterm Examination115217
Final Examination125227
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)128
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
3
4
OÇ-2
3
4
OÇ-3
4
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