PHIL625 PHILOSOPHY OF IDENTITY AND RECOGNITION
| Course Code: | 2410625 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (0.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Philosophy |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. ARET KARADEMİR |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course is a general introduction to the philosophy/politics of identity and recognition. We will focus on the issues of racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual identity-formations, as well as on the questions of marginalization, discrimination, and minority rights throughout the semester. We will approach these issues and questions from three different perspectives: Post-Marxism, Queer Theory, and Multiculturalism. In the first part of the semester, we will read Laclau and Mouffe’s Hegemony and Socialist Strategy and inquire into their attempt to open up the possibility of multi-identitarian politics within the confines of Marxism. Then, we will read excerpts from some of the main texts of Judith Butler and examine the Butlerian understanding of performativity, abjection, interpellation, and parodic repetition. In the last part, we will read Will Kymlicka, Ayelet Shachar, and Arend Lijphart, and discuss their conceptualization of ethno-cultural minority rights and dilemmas of multiculturalism.
Course Content
Discussion of various problems concerning identity, marginalization, and otherness; study of some of the main theories of recognition; multiculturalism, neo-Marxism, queer theory, feminism; minority and group-specific rights.
Course Learning Outcomes
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Do independent academic research in order to be successful in academic studies. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Have knowledge about contemporary philosophical issues, concepts and problems. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Make original philosophical interpretations on the topic specialized. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Have verbal and written presentation and effective communication skill. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Do interdisciplinary readings and associate them to philosophical problems. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Have knowledge about ethical code which is a requirement for doing academic research and publishing it. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution