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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
SOS641 - Modern Political and Social Theory I. SEMESTER 3 +0 7.5
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. MUSTAFA ALTUNOĞLU
Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
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Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 C. Schmitt: Romanticism, Decisionism and Parliamenterian Democracy
Week - 2 H. Arendt: From Labor to Action
Week - 3 Frankfurt School: T. Adorno, M. Horkheimer, H. Marcuse, W. Benjamin, J. Habermas
Week - 4 Frankfurt School: T. Adorno, M. Horkheimer, H. Marcuse, W. Benjamin, J. Habermas
Week - 5 Liberals versus Communitarians: R. Nozick, J. Rawls, C. Taylor, M. Valzer, M. Sandel, A. MacIntyre
Week - 6 Liberals versus Communitarians: R. Nozick, J. Rawls, C. Taylor, M. Valzer, M. Sandel, A. MacIntyre
Week - 7 Marxist State Theory: A. Gramsci, L. Althusser, B. Jessob
Week - 8 Radikal Democracy: C. Mouffe, E. Laclau
Week - 9 Anti-Totalitarian Approaches: K. Popper ve I. Berlin
Week - 10 Post-Structuralism and Politics: M. Foucault, J. Derrida and G. Deleuze
Week - 11 Post-Structuralism and Politics: M. Foucault, J. Derrida and G. Deleuze
Week - 12 New Approaches: . Bourdieu.
Week - 13 New Approaches: J. Butler.
Week - 14 New Approaches: J. Ranciere, G. Agamben.

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Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 40
Final Exam 1 60
Toplam (%) 100

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