Information Package / Course Catalogue
Critical Theory
Course Code: FLSF653
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To see the philosophical origin of criticism and to grasp its value. To understand the place and importance of Critical Theory in modern philosophical theories.

Course Content

To examine the main problems of critical theory in the Frankfurt School.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Erdal İSBİR
Learning Outcomes
1.To comprehend the transformation of criticism in the history of philosophy.
2.To grasp the meaning and value of criticism.
3.To see the importance and priority of the element of criticism in philosophy.
4.To have information about the thoughts of Frankfurt School thinkers on criticism.
5.To be able to apply the basic elements of Critical Theory to current debates.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.ADAMS, Hazard. (1970). “Critical Theory since Plato”. (Adams Hazard, Ed.). New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
2.ADORNO, Theodor, W. (1970a). “Negative Dialectics”. (Dennis Redmond, Trans.). Frankfurt am Main: Shurkamp Verlag.
3.ADORNO, Theodor, W. (1991). “The Culture Industry”. Selected Essays on Mass Culture. (J.M. Bernstein, Ed.). London, New York: Routledge.
4.BENJAMIN, Wlater. (2002). “Pasajlar”. (Ahmet Cemal, Çev.). İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
5.MARCUSE, Herbert. (2007b). “One-Dimensional Man, Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society”. London and New York: Routledge.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Kant and the Origin of Criticism
Week 3 - Theoretical
The Critique of Enlightenment and the Frankfurt School
Week 4 - Theoretical
Horkheimer
Week 5 - Theoretical
Horkheimer
Week 6 - Theoretical
Adorno
Week 7 - Theoretical
Adorno
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Benjamin
Week 10 - Theoretical
Benjamin
Week 11 - Theoretical
Marcuse
Week 12 - Theoretical
Marcuse
Week 13 - Theoretical
Marcuse
Week 14 - Theoretical
Habermas
Week 15 - Theoretical
Habermas
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory130339
Reading130452
Midterm Examination110313
Final Examination115318
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)122
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
3
OÇ-2
1
OÇ-3
2
OÇ-4
2
OÇ-5
1
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026