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Modernization and Alternatives Modernities

Course Code	: SOSY665
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

This course aims to help students develop their theoretical knowledge and analytical thinking on the debates on modernity and alternative modernities in understanding the nature of modern society and modernization process.

Course Content

The topics include classical sociological theories on the nature of modern society and modernization, rise of capitalism, nation state and bourgeois culture reading through Marx, Weber and Durkheim, debates on underdevelopment, and development in non-Western Societies, critiques of Euro-centric theories of modernity and the recent debates on multiple modernities.

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Learning Outcomes

1.	Modern Toplumda ekonomik, siyasal ve kültürel dönüşümler konusunda sosyolojik analiz yapabilme
2.	Moderleşme kuramlarına ilişkin teorik tartışmaları öğrenmek
3.	Karşılaştırmalı bir bakış açısı geliştirme
4.	To relate theories with macro developmental process
5.	To develop interdisciplinary perspective

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Eisenstadt, S. 2003. Comparative Civilizations and Multiple Modernities (2 vols), London: Brill Publicatio
2.	Mitchell, T. 2000. Questions of Modernity. University of Minnesota Press.
3.	Marx K. Manifesto of the Communist Party/ K. Marx, F. Engels. – Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1969. P. 4–17. Weber M. Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. – London: Routledge, Giddens, Anthony. 1991. The Consequences of Modernity. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
4.	Goanlar, D. P. 2001. Alternative Modernities. Duke University Press
5.	Chakrabarty, D. 2008. Provincializing Europe. Princeton University Press.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Introduction

Week 2 - Theoretical

Classical Theories on Modernization

Week 3 - Theoretical

Economic Modernization (Capitalism)

Week 4 - Theoretical

Political Modernization (Nation-State)

Week 5 - Theoretical

Culture and Modernization (Class and Citizenship)

Week 6 - Theoretical

Underdevlopment and Modernization

Week 7 - Theoretical

Dependency and Underdevelopment

Week 8 - Theoretical

Orientalism and Critique of Eurocentrism-I

Week 9 - Theoretical

Orientalism and Critique of Eurocentrism-II

Week 10 - Theoretical

Rethinking Modernity: One or Multiple?

Week 11 - Theoretical

Post-colonial Theories: Debates on non-Western Modernities-I

Week 12 - Theoretical

Post-colonial Theories: Debates on non-Western Modernities-II

Week 13 - Theoretical

Globalization, Culture and Modernity-I

Week 14 - Theoretical

Glozabization, Culture and Modernity-II

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	3	3	84
Seminar	1	20	1	21
Term Project	1	20	1	21
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				126

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	PÇ-10	PÇ-11
OÇ-1	5	5	5	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	5
OÇ-2	5	5	5	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	5
OÇ-3	5	5	5	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	5
OÇ-4	5	5	5	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	5
OÇ-5	5	5	5	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	5

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