ADM4164 IDEOLOGICAL DISCOURSES IN TURKEY
| Course Code: | 3104164 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and Public Adm. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. NİLAY YAVUZ |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will learn:
• The major ideological discourses in modern Turkey and their historical development
• The representations of capitalist modernity, state, and the people in different ideological discourses
• The political and cultural writings of major intellectual figures from various ideological perspectives
• The intellectual legacy of ideological discourses such as Kemalism, nationalism, socialism, conservatism, Islamism, and liberalism
• The intertextual relations between different ideological discourses and their role in shaping social and political forces
• The application of discourse analysis as a method for studying ideological discourses
Course Content
This course maps the ideological discourses in modern Turkey with special emphasis on their representations of capitalist modernity, state and the `people`. It will mainly provide a discourse analysis on the political and cultural writings of a number of major intellectual figures from different ideological perspectives. Tracing the intellectual legacy of ideological discourses including Kemalism, nationalism, socialism, conservatism, Islamism and liberalism. The intertextual relations between those discourses and their role in the constellation of social and political forces will also be examined.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
• Identify and analyze the major ideological discourses in modern Turkey and their historical development
• Understand the representations of capitalist modernity, state, and the people in different ideological discourses
• Critically engage with the political and cultural writings of major intellectual figures from various ideological perspectives
• Examine the intertextual relations between different ideological discourses and their role in shaping social and political forces
• Evaluate the significance of ideological discourses in shaping the social, political, and cultural landscape of modern Turkey
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to reach the information they need in their daily lives, and to interpret it | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being in command of the basic concepts of law | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Understanding the political, economical, and social transformations that occur in a wide range of areas including local and international levels | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Defining and solving problems encountered in political, social, and economic life | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being conscious, effective and rational citizens who can comprehend the transformations taking place in Turkey and in the world today | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Being professionals who can operate as productive participants in any public organization | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having the knowledge about how public organizations function and how their decision making processes and mechanisms work | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Developing original solutions to the problems faced in relation to their own area of interest | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Critical thinking ability | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being in command of the interdisciplinary approaches | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution