BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
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| 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 |
| POL2511 | Politics of Nationalism | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Hybrid |
| Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. ESRA ALBAYRAKOĞLU |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | This course aims to analyse different approaches to nationalism, compares nation-building process in different countries of Europe, compares nation-building and European identity construction process within the EU, and discusses rising influence of nationalism in globalized world, rising influence of populism and radical right in world politics and particularly in European politics as well. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Discuss the concepts of nationalism, nation-state, collective identity, national identity, European identity, 2. Discuss reasons of rise of nationalism in a globalized world, 3. Evaluate various theories of nationalism, 4. Discuss instruments of nation-building process and comparison of nation-building with European identity construction process within the EU, 5. Evaluate the rise of populism, radical right and nativism in European politics and its challenges for the EU project. |
Course Content
| In this course firstly the concepts of identity, collective identity, nation, nation-state and nationalism, citizenship will be discussed. Various approaches to nationalism and theories of nationalism will be evaluated. National identities in Europe and different basis of obtaining national citizenships will be compared. Reasons of rise of nationalism in globalising world will be discussed. European identity construction process in the context of the EU will be discussed, civic and cultural understandings of European identity will be compared. Instruments for nation-building process and construction of European identity within the EU will be compared. The rise of populism and nationalism in global politics and particularly in Europe in recent years and the reasons behind that will be discussed. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction to the course | |
| 2) | Nationalism and Its Impact on Global Politics | John Breuilly, “Nationalism”, in The Globalisation of World Politics, Oxford University Press, 2011, pp. 400-413. |
| 3) | National Identities and Citizenship in Europe | Klaus Eder & Bernhard Giesen, “Citizenship and the Making of a European Society”, in Klaus Eder &Bernhard Giesen (eds.), European Citizenship Between National Legacies and Postnational Projects, New York: Oxford Unv. Press, 2001. |
| 4) | National Identities and Citizenship in Europe | Klaus Eder & Bernhard Giesen, “Citizenship and the Making of a European Society”, in Klaus Eder &Bernhard Giesen (eds.), European Citizenship Between National Legacies and Postnational Projects, New York: Oxford Unv. Press, 2001. |
| 5) | Construction of National Identities in France and Germany and Different Types of Citizenships | Martin Marcussen & Klaus Roscher, “The Social Construction of Europe: Life-Cycles of Nation-State Identities in France, Germany and Great Britain” in Bo Strath (ed.), Europe and the Other and Europe as the Other, 2000. |
| 6) | European Identity in the Context of the EU and Citizenship in Europe | Yasemin Nuhoğlu Soysal, “Changing Citizenship in Europe: Postnational Membership and the National State” in Günay G. Özdoğan & Gül Tokay, Redefining The Nation State and Citizen, İstanbul: Eren Pub., 2000. Anthony Smith, “National Identity and the Idea of European Unity”, International Affairs, Vol.68, No.1, Jan. 1992. |
| 7) | Anthony Smith and Nationalism | Anthony Smith, “Memory and Modernity: Reflections on Ernest Gellner’s Theory of Nationalism”, Nations and Nationalism, Vol.2, No.3, 1996. A. Smith “The Shifting Landscapes of Nationalism”, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Vol.8, No.2, 2008. |
| 8) | Midterm Exam | |
| 9) | Modernist Approaches to Nationalism | Review by Ernst. B. Haas, “What is nationalism and why should we study it?”, International Organization, 1986. |
| 10) | Recent Theories of Nationalism | Llobera, J. , “Recent Theories of Nationalism”, ICPS Working Paper, Barcelona, 1999. |
| 11) | Rise of Nationalism, Populism and Radical Right in Europe | Mudde, Cas, and C. R. Kaltwasser, “Studying Populism in Comparative Perspective: Reflections on the Contemporary and Future Research Agenda”, Comparative Political Studies, Vol.51, No. 13, 2018. |
| 12) | European Identity and Turkey’s EU Membership | Öner, S.. “An Analysis of European Identity within the Framework of the EU: The Case of Turkey’s Membership”. In Christian Johannes Henrich and Wolfgang Gieler (eds.), Türkisches Europa-Europaische Türkei. Türken in Europa, turkisch-europaische Identitaten und turkische Politikbereiche vor dem Hintergrund der Beitrittsverhandlungen mit der Europaischen Union. Bonn: Scientia Bonnensis Pub., 2008. |
| 13) | Pandemic and Nationalism | F. Bieber, “Global Nationalism in Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic”,Nationalities Papers, 2020. Woods, et al., “Covid-19, Nationalism, and the Politics of Crisis: A Scholarly Exchange”, Nations and Nationalism, 2020. |
| 14) | General evaluation of the course and presentation of students. |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Weekly readings will be uploaded on ItsLearning. Please note that all book chapters and articles listed on the syllabus are also accessible through the BAU Library. Recommended readings: Anthony Smith, National Identity, Penguin Pub., 1991. E. Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Ernest Gellner, Nations and Nationalism, Cornell University Press, 2008. Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, London: Verso Pub., 1991. Eric Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism since 1780, Cambridge University Press, 1992. |
| References: | Articles in Course Package |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 13 | % 15 |
| Presentation | 1 | % 25 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 13 | 39 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 51 |
| Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 7 |
| Midterms | 1 | 1.5 |
| Final | 1 | 1.5 |
| Total Workload | 100 | |
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) | Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society | 4 |
| 2) | Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art | 3 |
| 3) | Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area | 1 |
| 4) | Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey | 1 |
| 5) | Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product | 2 |
| 6) | Being able to write a script ready to be shot | 2 |
| 7) | Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment | |
| 8) | Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations | |
| 9) | Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages | |
| 10) | Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage | |
| 11) | Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white | 3 |
| 12) | Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility | 5 |