Week - 1 |
Historical background of Critical Theory. |
Week - 2 |
Differentiation between Traditional Theory and Critical Theory. |
Week - 3 |
Frankfurt School, its origins, foundation and importance. |
Week - 4 |
Adorno and Horkheimer Dialectics of Enlightenment. General concepts and discussions. |
Week - 5 |
Adorno and Horkheimer “Enlightenment as Deception of the Masses”. |
Week - 6 |
Culture industry. |
Week - 7 |
Adorno's criticism of popular music |
Week - 8 |
Marcuse's concepts of "One-dimensional man". |
Week - 9 |
Walter Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction |
Week - 10 |
Music in the context of popular culture studies |
Week - 11 |
Cinema in the context of popular culture studies. |
Week - 12 |
Everyday life in the context of popular culture studies |
Week - 13 |
Popular cultıre studies and Digital Age |
Week - 14 |
General discussion |