Course Details

MODERN SOCIAL THEORY

ARCH634

Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS Credits
1ARCH634MODERN SOCIAL THEORY3+0+037

Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Master's Degree
Department / Program ARCHITECTURE
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course Describing a thorough familiarity with the contemporary modern thinking.
Discussing some of the cons and pros of modern thinking around certain thematic.
Criticizing basic literary concepts in modern social thinking.
Course Content This course provides an overview of major works of social thought from the beginning of the modern era through the 1970s. The course is intended to help the Architecture grad students to develop a thorough familiarity with the contemporary modern thinking. The aim is to discuss some of the cons and pros of modern thinking around certain thematic. Attention is paid to social and intellectual contexts, conceptual frameworks and methods, and contributions to contemporary social analysis. Writers include Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Weber, Durkheim, Husserl, Derrida, Barthes, Lacan, Foucault, Bourdieu, Baudrillard, and Zizek.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Prof.Dr. BURAK ASILİSKENDER
Name of Lecturers None
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
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ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
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Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
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1 Explain a thorough familiarity with the contemporary modern thinking.
2 Describe the socio-spatial features of modern life.
3 Compare the contemporary theories on modern social thinking.
4 Create an intellectual framework.


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