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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0801 | 20th Century History of Thought | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | GE-Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi DERYA TARBUCK Assoc. Prof. SONGÜL DEMİR |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | none |
Course Objectives: | The aim of this course is to make an introduction to the principles of 20th century thought from a historical perspective. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; After successfully completing this course the student will be able • to define what 20th century thought is • to understand the historical dynamics of 20th century thought • to outline the main principles of 20th century thought • to think openmindedly within alternative systems of thought • to communicate effectively with other in figuring out solutions to complex problems |
• The evolution of 20th century thought • The rise of history and ideology • The attack on authority (secularism and individualism) • Parallel truths |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction | none |
2) | Beginnings: Max Planck and Quantum, Picasso in Paris, Nietzsche, Veblen, Spencer | Coursebook |
3) | Einstein, Rutherford, Russell and Whitehead, the intellectual consequences of war, Wittgenstein. | coursebook |
4) | Spengler, Economic consequences of peace, idea of progress, Whig history | coursebook |
5) | Golden Age of Physics, Freud and the West, Jung and Modern Man. | coursebook |
6) | Benjamin, Keynes, German Academics in Turkey | Coursebook |
7) | Sartre, Merleu-Ponty, Camus, Beckett, Hannah Arendt | coursebook |
8) | Wittgenstein, Skinner vs. Chomsky, Hayek, Martin Luther King. | coursebook |
9) | Moon Landing, Braudel and Annales Okulu, Pulsars | coursebook |
10) | Oil Crisis, The contradictions of Capitalism, Studies on Genetics. | coursebook |
11) | AIDS, Susan Sontag, Lyotard, Rorty. | coursebook |
12) | Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, Edward Said, Culture Wars | Coursebook |
13) | Revision | Coursebook |
14) | Final Exam | Coursebook |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Peter Watson, The Modern Mind, An Intellectual History of the 20th century (Perrenial, 2002) |
References: | None |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 20 |
Midterms | 2 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Midterms | 2 | 15 | 30 |
Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Total Workload | 92 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |