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