It aims to provide students with the knowledge on the political principles of modernism, modern institutions such as nation-state and concepts like national identity, liberal democracy and the legitimacy crisis of liberal democracy. Besides, it intends to show that as an alternative dialogical democracy theories offer to eliminate this crisis.
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Contribution of the Course to Professional Development
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Learning Outcomes:
1
To identify the political principles of modernism.;
2
To be able to distinguish the political institutions of modernism. ;
3
To have knowledge on the theories of liberal democracy and the criticism directed to those theories. ;
4
To identify the political aims of globalization and post-modernism, and to evaluate the critiques of identity politics. ;
5
To be able to recognize the concept of independence and the notion of justice included in dialogical democracy theories. ;
6
To judge the boundaries of public sphere and the process of civil society that are discussed in dialogical democracy theories;
7
To identify and describe the theory of dialogical democracy.;
8
To be able to interpret the contemporary political events within the framework of this course.;
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Course Content:
Week
Theoretical
Practical
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Modernism: Political Principles of Modernism
2
Nation state and National Identity
3
The Theory of Liberal Democracy
4
Modernist Issues: Representation and Legitimacy Crises of the Nation State and Liberal Democracy
5
Globalization and Postmodernism
6
The Politics of Identity and Political Boundaries of Postmodernism
7
Postmodernism, Democracy and Difference
8
Dialogical Democracy and the Identity Politics
9
Dialogical Democracy and Freedom
10
Dialogical Democracy and Justice
11
Dialogical Democracy and Public Sphere
12
Theories of Dialogical Democracy and Civic Society
13
Interrogative Democracy
14
Agonistic Democracy
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Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
A-Textbook: E. Fuat Keyman, Türkiye ve Radikal Demokrasi, İstanbul: Alfa Yayınları, 2000. B-References: Jürgen Habermas, Kamusallığın yapısal Dönüşümü, İstanbul, İletişim Yayınevi, 1997. Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, Hegemonya ve Sosyalist Strateji, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınevi, 2008.
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Assesment
TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES
NUMBER
PERCENT
Midterm Exam
1
40
Quiz
0
0
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
Final Exam
1
60
Total
2
100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade
40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade
60
Total
100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE
Activites
NUMBER
TIME [Hour]
Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical
14
3
42
Practicals/Labs
0
0
0
Self Study and Preparation
14
4
56
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
0
Projects
0
0
0
Field Studies
0
0
0
Midtermexams
1
20
20
Others
0
0
0
Final Exams
1
32
32
Total WorkLoad
150
Total workload/ 30 hr
5
ECTS Credit of the Course
5
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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
