COURSE SYLLABUS

POSTMODERN THOUGHT

1	Course Title:	POSTMODERN THOUGHT
2	Course Code:	FDB6141
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç.Dr. Kasım KÜÇÜKALP
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	kasimkucukalp@uludag.edu.tr 05057322906
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The main objective of this course is to introduce the students to some of the main problems and thinkers in postmodern philosophy.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Student examine, analyse and explain of what modernism is, what postmodernism is, what nihilism is, how these philosophical movements have arisen, and how they relate to one another;
2	Student gains an understanding the general features of what is called ‘postmodern thinking’.;
3	Student gains an understanding the philosophical concerns that have given rise to this new way of thinking.;
4	Student gains an understanding the problematics and concepts central to the thinking of each postmodern philosopher.;
5	Student gains a detailed knowledge of postmodern theory and practice.;
6	Student gains an understanding of the ways in which postmodern performance texts and works relate to pertinent social, historical, intellectual, and theoretical contexts.;
7	Students will acquire the theoretical background for furthering researches in different areas of modern and postmodern culture.;
8	Students recognize and understand how the postmodern approach is applied to history and other academic disciplines.;
9	Student recognize and understand how postmodern thinkers apply radical hermeneutical and deconstructive reading on religious texts.;
10	Student gains ability to understand and discuss the contemporary ethical and political concepts such as identitiy and difference, totality, otherness and ontological imperialism.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	From Modernism to Postmodernizm
2	Romanticism and Counter-Enlightenment
3	The Philosophical Background of Postmodern Thought
4	Nietzcshe and the Philosophy of Life
5	Phenomenology and Postmodernism
6	Heidegger and Fundamental Ontology
7	The Postmodern Critique of Metaphysics
8	The End of Meta-Narrative: Lyotard
9	Language Game: Wittgenstein
10	The Postmodern Critique of Representation
11	The End of Philosophy: Heidegger ve Derrida
12	The Idea of Perspectival Truth
13	Postmodernism and the Politics of Desire: Deleuze and Guattari
14	The End of Society and Simulation: Baudrillard

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Nietzsche ve Postmodernizm: Kasim Küçükalp Postmodern Durum: Jean-François Lyotard Sessiz Yığınların Gölgesinde ya da Toplumsalın Sonu: Jean Baudrillard Postmodern Teori: Steven Best ve Douglas Kellner Kıta Avrupası Felsefesi: David West
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High