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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
SOS626 - Body, Power and Biopolitics II. SEMESTER 3 +0 7.5
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. TEMMUZ GÖNÇ ŞAVRAN
Mode of Delivery Face to face
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Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended It is recommended for the students to take the SOS326 Sociology of Health and Illness course in undergraduate programme.
Recommended Resources Lemke, T. (2012) Biyopolitika. (Çev. Utku Özmakas) İletişim.Foucault, M. (2016) Cinselliğin Tarihi. (Çev. Hülya Uğur Tanrıöver). Ayrıntı. Foucault, M.(1992) Hapishanenin Doğuşu. Çev. M.A. Kılıçbay. İmge.Agamben, G. (2013) Kutsal İnsan: Egemen İktidar ve Çıplak Hayat. Çev. İsmail Türkmen. Ayrıntı.Hardt, M. ve A. Negri. (2015) İmparatorluk. Ayrıntı. (Biyopolitik Üretim bölümü, s.43-64)
Work Placement There is no work placement for this course.
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Biopolitics: Theories and concepts
Week - 2 Biopolitics: Theories and concepts- Agamben
Week - 3 Biopolitics: Theories and concepts- Foucault
Week - 4 Biopolitics: Theories and concepts- Hardt and Negri
Week - 5 Population, security, and surveillance
Week - 6 Clinic classifications and medicalization
Week - 7 Healthy body
Week - 8 Abnormal body
Week - 9 Birth and death
Week - 10 City, space and the body
Week - 11 Sybernetic and Cyborgs
Week - 12 Biopolitics in distopias
Week - 13 Evaluation
Week - 14 Evaluation

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