MEDICINE
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
SOC2052	Political Anthropology	Spring	3	0	3	5

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYŞEGÜL AKDEMİR
Recommended Optional Program Components:	"."
Course Objectives:	The aim of this course on “Political Anthropology: Human Being, Society, Culture, Religion, Power and Security in a Globalized Context” is to investigate the construction of political power through an anthropological perspective. Moving from the most traditional anthropological approach to a more contemporary and critical one in which the main topic of the investigation of anthropology has become the study of all the inhabitants of the Planet Earth, this course want to investigate the relation and the construction of functions and structures among the human beings, their society, their culture and religion, and the consolidation of power through a security narratology in a globalized context. It is in this framework, the global one, in which the classical anthropological matrix of human being-society culture and now environment (not territory) that we find a common ground with the arguments of critical security studies in which the focus of their research as moved from the state, to the individual, and from him, to the idea of International Society and now of the World Society.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeeded in this course will be able to:

1)Describe the anthropological approach to studying society, culture, politics and power
2)Able to describe and compare major theories about Political Anthropology
3)Demonstrate the knowledge of the major issues, problems, and findings in Political Anthropology
4)Apply political anthropology perspectives and theories to contemporary problems in relation to the Human Being, Society, Culture, Religion, Power and Security in a Globalized Context
5)Assess the impact of culture, religion, power, and security narratology on the daily life of individuals and various social groups and the impact of globalization on local political organizations discourses
6)Describe inter-sectionality between culture, religion, power and security
7)Develop ability for critical evaluation of written materials on power, security and culture
8)Acquire the ability to discuss the social dynamics of politics, power and security with a degree of objectivity
9)Able to apply qualitative and quantitative research techniques to study state, society and culture
10)Write a research proposal and design research in the field of political anthropology

Course Content

The course is organized in seven modules. The first module of the course, “Methodology”, wants to introduce the student to the most recent methodologies in social science, anthropology, and discourse analysis. The second module on “Identity and Nationalism” analyses the construction of political identity through the concept of imagined community and nationalism. The third module, “Social and Political Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion”, first aims to introduce the student to the general topic of social anthropology and then examines the field of political anthropology as it was practiced roughly through the 1960s, when anthropologists were primarily concerned with politics in so called primitive societies, institutions of rule in societies in which the state seemed absent, and the evolutionary and historical emergence of the state. It then looks at the implications of anthropologists’ recognition of the importance of colonialism and global capitalism on the societies they studied. In order to understand the construction of structured and political order through religious believes elements of Anthropology of Religion are provided in this part of the course. “Power”, “Security and Insecurity”, and “Globalization and Culture” (fourth, fifth, and sixth module) considers the way anthropologists have rethought the concept of power, influenced by transformations in the societies they studied, security and insecurity concerns, changes in the global political economy, and ideas from thinkers outside the field of anthropology. In doing so, it examines both “formal” politics and everyday forms of power, domination and resistance and how the construction of security and insecurity narratives have contributed to solidify the power of political elites. Then we consider politics, power, and culture in an age of “globalization”- questioning that term even as we examine its implications for identity, the state, and political action, and emphasizing the ways ethnographically grounded anthropological research can shift from the micro level to illuminate large-scale, national, transnational and global processes. The final module of the course examines, and investigates three monographic aspects which summarize the essence of the course on Political Anthropology: the construction of the modern political religion (Emilio Gentile), how human crowds are constructed and manipulated by power (Elias Canetti), and how a narrative has constructed a unique space-temporal dimension in which the Jewish people live (Shlomo Sand).

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction, course outline and Philosophy of Science: Ways of Knowing – Competing Methodologies in Social and Political Research;	Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Introduction • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 1. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 1.
2)	1st Module: “Methodology: Life-Modes” State, Culture and Life-Modes	Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Chapter 1 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 2. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics.London: Pluto. Chapter 2.
3)	1st Module: “Methodology: Life-Modes State, Culture and Life-Modes	Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Chapter 2 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 3. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 3.
4)	2nd Module: Political Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion	Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Chapter 3 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 4. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics.London: Pluto. Chapter 4.
5)	2nd Module: Political Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion	Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Chapter 4 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 5. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 5 • Kitap incelemesi teslimi
6)	3rd Module: “Identity and Nationalism	Hall, Stuart, and du Gay, Paul. Ed. 2007. Questions of Cultural Identity. London: Sage Publications. • Hobsbawm, E.J.. Ed. 2010. Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality. Cambridge University Press. Chapter 6 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 6. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 6.
7)	Course review and homework (project proposal) submission	Project Proposal 1 : 250-word proposal for major paper is due in this week
8)	3rd Module: “Identity and Nationalism”	Hearn, Jonathan. 2006. Rethinking Nationalism: A Critical Introduction. New York: Palgrave Macmillian. • Anderson, Benedict. Ed. 2006. Imagined Communities. London: Verso. 7 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 7. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 7.
9)	4th Module: “Power” Power in the Global Age	Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 8. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 8.
10)	4th Module: “Power” Communication Power	Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 9. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 9.
11)	5th Module: “Security and Insecurity From international to world society? - English school theory and the social structure of globalization; and Security: A New Framework for Analysis	Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 10.
12)	5th Module: “Security and Insecurity	Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 11. Proje önerisi 2: 500 kelime
13)	6th Module: “Globalization and Culture • Globalization: a critical introduction • Globalization and Culture. Oral defense of final work	Vincent, Joan. Ed. 2002. The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory, and Critique. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Chapter 32.
14)	6th Module: “Globalization and Culture •Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger • The Geopolitics of Emotion – How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope Are Reshaping the World? Oral defense of project	Vincent, Joan. Ed. 2002. The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory, and Critique. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Chapter 33

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Philosophy of Science:
Moses, Jonathon W, and Knutsen, Torbjorn. 2007. Ways of Knowing – Competing Methodologies in Social and Political Research. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Methodology:
Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate.
Political Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion:
Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.
Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto.
Bowie, Fiona. Ed. 2006.The Anthropology of Religion. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing
4. Identity and Nationalism:
Hall, Stuart, and du Gay, Paul. Ed. 2007. Questions of Cultural Identity. London: Sage Publications.
Hobsbawm, E.J.. Ed. 2010. Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality. Cambridge University Press.
Hearn, Jonathan. 2006. Rethinking Nationalism: A Critical Introduction. New York: Palgrave
Macmillian.
Anderson, Benedict. Ed. 2006. Imagined Communities. London: Verso.
Power:
• Beck, Ulrich. Ed 2006. Power in the Global Age. Cambridge: Polity
• Castells, Manuel. 2009. Communication Power. Oxford University Press.
Security and Insecurity:
• Buzan, Barry. 2004. From international to world society? - English school theory and the social
structure of globalization. Cambridge University Press
• Buzan, Barry, Ole Waever and Jaap de Wilde. 1997. Security: A New Framework for Analysis. Lynne
Rienner Publishers Inc
• Campbell, David. Ed. 1998. Writing Security: United States Foreign Policy and the Politics of Identity.
Minneapolis/Manchester: University of Minnesota Press/Manchester University Press.
• Huysmans, Jef. 2006. The Politics of Insecurity: Fear, migration and asylum in EU. London: Routledge.
Globalization and Culture:
• Scholte, Jan Aart. Ed. 2005. Globalization: a critical introduction. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Tomlinson, John, Ed. 2008. Globalization and Culture. Cambridge: Polity
• Appadurai, Arjun. 2006. Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger. Duke
University Press.
• Moisi, Dominique, 2010. The Geopolitics of Emotion – How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope
Are Reshaping the World. New York: Anchor Books.
Monographic Textbooks:
• Gentile, Emilio. 2006. Politics as Religion. Princeton University Press;
• Gentile, Emilio. 2008. God's Democracy: American Religion After September 11 - Religion, Politics
and Public Life. Greenwood
• Canetti, Elias. Ed. 1992. Crowds and Power. London: Penguin Books
• Sand, Shlomo, 2010. The Invention of the Jewish People. London: Verso
Fiction:
• Orwell, George. Ed. 2000. Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Penguin Books

-Additional readings will be announced.

References:

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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10
Homework Assignments	1	% 10
Presentation	1	% 10
Project	1	% 10
Midterms	1	% 20
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Presentations / Seminar	1	10	10
Project	1	20	20
Homework Assignments	1	10	10
Midterms	1	2	2
Final	1	3	3
Total Workload			129

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Integrates the knowledge, skills and attitudes acquired from basic and clinical medical sciences, behavioral sciences and social sciences, and uses them in health service delivery.
2)	In patient management, shows a biopsychosocial approach that takes into account the socio-demographic and sociocultural background of the individual, regardless of language, religion, race and gender.
3)	In the provision of health services, prioritizes the protection and development of the health of individuals and society.
4)	Taking into account the individual, societal, social and environmental factors affecting health; does the necessary work to maintain and improve the state of health.
5)	By recognizing the characteristics, needs and expectations of the target audience, provides health education to healthy/sick individuals and their relatives and other healthcare professionals.
6)	Shows a safe, rational and effective approach in health service delivery, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation processes.
7)	Performs invasive and/or non-invasive procedures in diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation processes in a safe and effective way for the patient.
8)	Provides health services by considering patient and employee health and safety.
9)	In the provision of health services, takes into account the changes in the physical and socioeconomic environment on a regional and global scale, as well as the changes in the individual characteristics and behaviors of the people who apply to it.
10)	Takes good medical practice into account while carrying out his/her profession.
11)	Fulfills its duties and obligations within the framework of ethical principles, rights and legal responsibilities required by its profession.
12)	Demonstrates decisive behavior in providing high-quality health care, taking into account the integrity of the patient.
13)	Evaluates his/her performance in his/her professional practice by considering his/her emotions and cognitive characteristics.
14)	Advocates improving the provision of health services by considering the concepts of social reliability and social responsibility for the protection and development of public health.
15)	Can plan and carry out service delivery, training and consultancy processes related to individual and community health in cooperation with all components for the protection and development of health.
16)	Evaluates the impact of health policies and practices on individual and community health indicators and advocates increasing the quality of health services.
17)	The physician attaches importance to the protection of his/her own physical, mental and social health, and does what is necessary for this
18)	Shows exemplary behavior and leads the healthcare team during service delivery.
19)	Uses resources cost-effectively, for the benefit of society and in accordance with the legislation, in the planning, implementation and evaluation processes of health services in the health institution he/she is the manager of.
20)	Establishes positive communication within the health team it serves and assumes different team roles when necessary.
21)	Is aware of the duties and responsibilities of the health workers in the health team and acts accordingly.
22)	In the professional practices, works in harmony and effectively with the colleagues and other professional groups.
23)	Communicates effectively with patients, their relatives, healthcare professionals, other professional groups, institutions and organizations.
24)	Communicates effectively with individuals and groups that require a special approach and have different socio-cultural characteristics.
25)	In the diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation processes, shows a patient-centered approach that associates the patient with the decision-making mechanisms.
26)	Plans and implements scientific research, when necessary, for the population it serves, and uses the results and/or the results of other research for the benefit of the society.
27)	Reaches and critically evaluates current literature knowledge about his/her profession.
28)	Applies the principles of evidence-based medicine in clinical decision making.
29)	Uses information technologies to increase the effectiveness of its work on health care, research and education.
30)	Effectively manages individual work processes and career development.
31)	Demonstrates skills in acquiring and evaluating new knowledge, integrating it with existing knowledge, applying it to professional situations and adapting to changing conditions throughout professional life.
32)	Selects the right learning resources to improve the quality of the health service it offers, organizes its own learning process