Information Package / Course Catalogue
Philosophy in the Xx. Century II
Course Code: FEL412
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 7
Objectives of the Course

This course intends to explore some main movements of contemporary philosophy such as hermeneutics, School of Frankfurt, existentialism, postmodernism, neo-aristotelianism, and neo-Kantianism by considering the ideas of some representatives of those movements.

Course Content

Some main movements of contemporary philosophy such as hermeneutics, School of Frankfurt, existentialism, postmodernism, neo-aristotelianism, and neo-Kantianism by considering the ideas of some representatives of those movements.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Onur KARTAL
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to identify an idea about contemporary movements.
2.To be able to comprehend features of this movement reffering to thinkers
3.To be able to express an oppinion about philosophical extent of contemporary debates
4.To be able to relate philosophy with other social sciences.
5.To be able to critically approach contemporary ideas.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Foucault, Michel (1999)Yapısalcılık ve Post-yapısalcılık, çev. Ali Utku/Ümit Umaç, İstanbul: Birey Yayıncılık.
2.Arendt, Hannah, İnsanlık Durumu, (Çev. B. S. Şener), İletişim Yay., İstanbul, 1994.
3.Gadamer, H. G., Warheit und Methode, Akademie Verlag, Berlin, 2005.
4.Habermas, Jürgen, İletişimsel Eylem Kuramı, (Çev. M. Tüzel), Kabalcı, İstanbul, 1996.
5.Horkheimer, Max & Adorno T. W., Aydınlanmanın Diyalektiği – I/II (Çev. O. Özügül), Kabalcı Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1996.
6.Lyotard, J. F., Der Widerstreit, (Fr.’dan çev. J Vogl), Supplemente, München,1989.
7.MacIntyre, Alasdair, Erdem Peşinde, (Çev. M. Özcan), Ayrıntı Yay., İstanbul, 2001.
8.Sartre, J. P., Das Sein und das Nichts, (Fr.’dan çev. B. Schumacher), Akademie Verlag, Berlin, 2004.
9.Eagleton, Terry, Postmodernizmin Yansımaları, (Çev. M. Küçük), Ayrıntı, İstanbul, 1999
10.Megill, Allan (1998) Aşırılığın Peygamberleri, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, Derrida, çev. Tuncay Birkan, Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları.
11.Marcuse, Herbert (1998) Eros ve Uygarlık, çev. Aziz Yardımlı, İstanbul: İdea Yayınevi.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Foucault’s philosophical diagram on 20th Century.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Adorno: Dialectic of Enlightenment
Week 3 - Theoretical
Marcuse: Eros and Civilization
Week 4 - Theoretical
Sarte: Existentialism
Week 5 - Theoretical
Gadamer: Philosophical hermeneutics
Week 6 - Theoretical
Heidegger: The philosophy of Dasein.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Simone de Beauvoir’s The Mandarins
Week 8 - Theoretical
Simone de Beauvoir’s The Mandarins
Week 9 - Theoretical
Foucault and the order of things
Week 10 - Theoretical
Althusser’s constructivism
Week 11 - Theoretical
Althusser’s constructivism
Week 12 - Theoretical
Baudrillard: Simulacra and Simulation
Week 13 - Theoretical
Zizek: Subject
Week 14 - Theoretical
Zizek: Subject
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Reading140228
Midterm Examination150252
Final Examination150252
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)174
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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3
5
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5
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2
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3
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5
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