| Course Name |
Critical Theory from Kant to Habermas
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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PSIR 673
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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7.5
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Elective
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| Course Level |
Third Cycle
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This seminar course is designed to introduce PhD students to the intellectual origins of Critical Theory and to examine its significance for contemporary political theory. |
| Course Description |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | We will examine the historical and intellectual origins of Critical Theory in light of the texts written by thinkers such as Kant, Marx, Weber, Freud, Adorno, Horkheimer, Marcuse, Foucault and Habermas. |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Is there an Enlightenment Project? | Kant, “What is Enlightenment?” Foucault, “What is Enlightenment?” Habermas, “Modernity: An Unfinished Project” |
| 3 | The Discontents of Modern Society | Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents Weber, “Politics as a Vocation” |
| 4 | Contradictions of Modern Society | Marx, Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts |
| 5 | Ideology as Illusion | Marx-Engels, The German Ideology |
| 6 | Paper submission I | |
| 7 | Culture Industry | Adorno-Horkheimer, “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception”, The Dialectic of Enlightenment (Stanford University Press, 2002). |
| 8 | One-Dimensional Society | Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man (Beacon Press, 1964). |
| 9 | Hope and Liberation | Marcuse, An Essay on Liberation (Beacon Press, 1994). |
| 10 | Paper submission II | |
| 11 | Modern Society as a Panopticon Prison | Foucault, “Panopticism”, Discipline and Punish (Vintage, 1977). |
| 12 | Power and Modern Society | Foucault, “The Repressive Hypothesis” History of Sexuality, Vol. I (Vintage, 1978). |
| 13 | Criticism of Progress | Benjamin, “Theses on the Philosophy of History”, Illuminations (Harcourt Brace, 1968). |
| 14 | Democratic Socialism | Axel Honneth, The Idea of Socialism: Towards a Renewal (Polity, 2016). |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Books and articles listed above |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
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20
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
2
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30
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| Presentation / Jury |
1
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30
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| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam |
1
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20
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 5 |
80 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 |
20 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
10
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8
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| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Homework / Assignments |
2
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24
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| Presentation / Jury |
1
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24
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| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exam |
1
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25
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| Total |
225
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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| 1 | To be able to improve and deepen the theoretical and conceptual proficiencies on Political Science and International Relations. |
X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to evaluate critically and analytically the relationships between various factors in the discipline of Political Science and International Relations such as structures, actors, institutions and culture at an advanced level. |
X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to determine the theoretical and empirical gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature and gain the ability of questioning at an advanced level. |
X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to gain the ability to develop innovative, leading and original arguments in order to fill the gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature. |
X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to gather, analyze, and interpret the data by using advanced qualitative or quantitative research methods in Political Science and International Relations. |
X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to develop original academic works and publish scientific articles in refereed national or international indexed journals in the field of Political Science and International Relations. |
X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to describe individual research and contemporary developments in Political Science and International Relations in written, oral, and visual forms. |
X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to take responsibility in an individual capacity and/or as part of a team in generating innovative and analytical solutions to the problems that arise in relation to the politics in daily life. |
X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to develop projects in determining the institutional and political instruments for conflict resolution in national and international politics. |
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| 10 | To be able to prepare an original thesis in Political Science and International Relations based on scientific criteria. |
X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to follow new research and developments, publish scientific articles and participate the debates in academic meetings in Political Science and International Relations through a foreign language. |
X | ||||
| 12 | To be able to have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of gathering, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to Political Science and International Relations. |
X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
